Poukahangatus

''Moving and hopeful ... will stay with me for a long time'' Daisy Buchanan
''A fearless, young new voice'' Carol Ann Duffy
''One of the most exciting debuts I''ve read in ages'' Kaveh Akbar
''One of the most startling and original poets of her generation'' Joy Harjo

The voice of Tayi Tibble is one of most exciting in poetry today. In Poukahangatus (pronounced ''Pocahontas''), her debut volume, Tibble challenges a dazzling array of mythologies - Greek, Maori, feminist, kiwi - peeling them apart and respinning them in modern terms. Her poems move from rhythmic discussions of the Kardashians, sugar daddies and Twilight to exquisite renderings of precise emotions and the natural world alike. Tibble is also a master narrator of teenage womanhood, its exhilarating highs and devastating lows; her high-camp aesthetics chart the overflowing beauty, irony and ruination of her surroundings.

Poem by poem, Tibble carves out a bold