Cultural attaché: Poet Anna Jackson on being transported by the mundane and miraculous
Anna Jackson: "I really have no talent for anything other than poetry." Photo / Supplied
Award-winning poet Anna Jackson is an associate professor in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. She has written eight collections of poetry and several works of nonfiction. Her latest release is Terrier, Worrier (Auckland University Press). She shares her many literary loves
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