In her incendiary novel Ash, Louise Wallace tells the story of a woman reckoning with the limits of her life under the patriarchy. When I Open the Shop by romesh dissanayake is ‘a novel about loss, exile, and dislocation, in which time, space, and memory become a beautiful, fluid thing’ (Brannavan Gnanalingam). These début novelists are also poets who have used formal play to give their narrative an extra gear. They explore the shifting borders between prose and poetry in conversation with Chris Price. This event was recorded at Te Huinga Centre, Te Papa Tongarewa on 26 August 2024.
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