Captain Cook takes to verse

Dog

C. K. STEAD

Funny, accessible, provocative poems on subjects as varied as the moving connections between King's Lynn, Norfolk, and the distant Pacific via two of Cook's voyages, and Wagner and his circle. Often the poems in this strong collection have a sting in the tail, a pointed turn of phrase, an uncompromising observation; sometimes they show great lyric power and appeal to the ear as well as the intelligence. $21.95

Captain Cook in the Underworld

ROBERT SULLIVAN

A gifted Maori poet reinterprets the Orpheus myth for the South Pacific in an ambitious book-length poem. Captain Cook in the Underworld offers fresh perspectives on the familiar story of Cook's Pacific explorations from within a broad, bi-cultural frame of reference. Commissioned as the libretto for a new work by Psathas for the Wellington Orpheus Choir's 50th birthday. $21.95

AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY PRESS