"Conventional Weapons is Tracey Slaughter's first full poetry collection. In these dark, lyrical poems, Slaughter closely observe the textures of the world and the beauty and depravity of human nature."--Publisher.
Thirty-one exhilarating new stories from the acclaimed author of deleted scenes for lovers.'A splendid collection, challenging and rewarding, with stories both memorable and revealing.' --Owen Marshall, NZ Listener'This alive, pulsating collection is a masterwork of Antipodean goth.' --Loose Reads, 95bFM'In this book it's almost exclusively women doing the wanting. And even when it's love it's always pinned down by lust. And it is wonderfully written. . . . Slaughter does it differently - vivid and intricate, visceral but also highly intelligent, changing all the time.' --Catherine Woulfe, The Spinoff'If Slaughter is writing from the black block in her chest, she is also speaking directly into yours.' --Charlotte Graham-McLay, New Zealand Books'The language sparked like a cut power line. I was shocked awake every time I picked this book up.' --Grant Smithies, Sunday Star-Times
Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country's longest-running poetry magazine, rounds up important new poetry, reviews and essays, making it the ideal way to catch up with the latest poetry from both established and emerging New Zealand poets. The packed issue #57 features over 150 new poems - including by this year's featured poet, Tyla Bidois - and essays and reviews of new poetry collections by some of this country's best-known poets and literary critics. Poems by the winners of the Poetry New Zealand Yearbook Student Poetry Competition are among the line-up.