“all i shoot straight from the hip

is hipbone. an iwi in its own right.

all the world is a river. tequila sunrise, psoriasis, and peace.”

Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties and islands and light.