How to Occupy Ourselves
by David Howard & Fiona Pardington
These eighteen sophisticated poems and seventeen precocious duotone photographs suggest that art is an inscription of (and on) the flesh. Under duress a party girl offers herself; while crossing a bridge a child fears sniper-fire; an orphan mourns for his (or her) rumoured origin. With the eroticism of an ascetic this collection searches for a past which was never present; a past where someone other than the victim mediates between the profane and the sacred.
| Title | How to Occupy Ourselves |
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| Author | David Howard & Fiona Pardington |
| Category | New Zealand Poetry & Photography |
| Format | Paperback |
| Extent | 88 pp. + 16pp. duotone plates |
| ISBN | 0-473-09436-3 |
| Price | NZ$29.95 |