Slender Volumes locates the cypress trees of Buddhist folklore in Onehunga and the teachings of the Zen tradition along its foreshore. Clear-sighted and compassionate, this poetry collection recovers what it means to be intimate with our surroundings and to meet the particulars of our world with perfect curiosity.
RRP: $38.00 NZD
Author: Richard von Sturmer
ISBN: 9781067018900
Published: 11/10/2024
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
Richard von Sturmer is well-known for writing the lyrics of Blam Blam Blam’s ‘There is No Depression in New Zealand’, which has become New Zealand’s alternate national anthem. His previous books include: A Network of Dissolving Threads (Auckland University Press, 1991), Suchness: Zen Poetry and Prose (HeadworX, 2005), This Explains Everything (Atuanui Press, 2016), Postcard Stories (Titus Books, 2019) and Resonating Distances (Titus Books, 2022). He was Writer in Residence at the University of Waikato in 2020 when this book was written.
