{"product_id":"frisk","title":"Frisk","description":"\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eDistilling a 10-year writing practice onto the page, Frisk is a collection in pursuit of topics that loom large over us. Begun as a way to process (another) bad break-up in their 20s, Jo Bragg’s debut collection oscillates between poetry and image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThrough death, sex, money, time, peace of mind, and power with a touch of humour, Frisk evolves beyond its inception as a post-breakup catharsis into a fully realised presentation of a lived tangata ira tāne experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrisk\u003c\/em\u003e is frisky. \u003cem\u003eFrisk\u003c\/em\u003e will frisk you and find an out-of-date passport, \u003cem\u003eMr. and Mrs. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e on Blu-ray, a Bic lighter, and a copy of \u003cem\u003eFrisk\u003c\/em\u003e by Dennis Cooper. In this book, Jo Bragg tells the story of a decade in a scattering of moments. We are left to recreate the narrative from fragments of memory. It’s the small details that are important: the \u003cem\u003eDesperate Housewives\u003c\/em\u003e of it all, the kind of ass that makes you forget your first name. I’ve been waiting for this book for a long time, and it has exceeded all of my expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e— Always Becominging\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eBorn and based in Tāmaki Makaurau,\u003cstrong\u003e Jo Bragg\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ngāti Porou) is a still- and moving- image-based visual artist, poet and arts writer. A co-founder of the artist-run initiative and gallery Meanwhile, their practice is informed by a Master of Fine Arts degree with a Major in Gender and Transfeminist Theory from Monash University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eBragg’s photographic works feature in the collections of both the Wellington City Council and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Frisk is their first published collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Expensive Hobby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593851310303,"sku":"9780473792060","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780473792060.webp?v=1784781395","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/frisk","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}