AUP New Poets 11

Memoir, myth andcritical theory weave through Xiaole Zhan’s essay-poem ‘Arcadiana’ as theyexplore their Pakeha-Chinese family. Meanwhile, Margo Montes de Oca’s‘intertidal’ combines rich, elemental imagery – water, light, colour – with aworld of feeling and poetic homage. In an affecting conclusion, J. A. Vili’s‘Poems Lost During the Void’ pays tribute to family and friends, reaching outbeyond grief to show the beautiful intensity of community and connection. AUP New Poets 11 introduces threedistinctive and compelling voices to contemporary poetry.