Raiment ‘This book reverberates with the

‘This book reverberates with the bravery and tireless work ethic of extraordinary women in the face of absurd levels of prejudice and misogyny

‘An important testament to the history of New Zealand literature’ — Cathie Dunsford

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’ — Rajorshi Chakraborti

‘A standout feature of Pātaka Kai is its visual storytelling

Raiment ‘This book reverberates with theThe engaging memoir of a pioneering seventies woman poet Pioneering New Zealand poet Jan Kemps memoir of her first 25 years is a vivid and frank account of growing up in the 1950s, and of university life in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It tracks from an innocent Waikato childhood to the seedy flats of Auckland, where anarchic student life, drugs, sexual experimentation and a failing marriage could not keep her away from poetry. She became one of