Respirator

David Eggleton

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Otago University Press
31 March 2023

Poetry

Respirator is a sumptuous celebration of David Eggleton's tenure as the Aotearoa NZ Poet Laureate (2019-22). Eggleton explores how the social changes of the past four years manifested in Aotearoa, from the impact of living through a pandemic to ecological concerns, technological changes, and shifting viewpoints about identity and global consumerism

By: David Eggleton
Imprint: Otago University Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781990048500
ISBN 10: 1990048501
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 31 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

David Eggleton (Rotuman Fijian/Tongan/Pākehā) has published ten previous poetry collections. He is a six-time winner of the Montana Reviewer of the Year, and a former Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago. He received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in poetry in 2016, the same year that The Conch Trumpet won the Poetry Award at the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. From 2009–17, Eggleton was editor of Landfall. He received the 2018 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency and served as the New Zealand Poet Laureate 2019–22.