Discover 'Strong Words 3: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition', a carefully curated anthology that showcases Aotearoa New Zealand's most compelling contemporary essays from the years 2021 and 2022. This exceptional collection features winning and shortlisted essays from the prestigious Landfall Essay Competition, which has been a cornerstone of New Zealand's literary culture since 1997. 'Strong Words 3' is a treasure trove of explorative, illuminating, and provocative narratives, making it essential reading for anyone passionate about New Zealand literature and culture. Inside, readers will find thought-provoking essays that address contemporary issues such as grief, gender, colonization's long aftermath, and the personal reflections of writers like Andrew Dean and Tina Makereti. Their essays, 'The New Man' and 'Lumpectomy', delve into social complexities, health care, and the grasp of cultural identity in the modern world. With contributions from renowned authors and new voices alike, this handsome volume is a must-have for literary enthusiasts and students of essays alike, who seek to engage with Aotearoa's diverse narratives. Order now for prompt delivery, and immerse yourself in the inspiring worldview presented in 'Strong Words 3'.

Strong Words 3 showcases the best of the best of Aotearoa New Zealand's contemporary essays from 2021 and 2022. Selected from entries into the Landfall Essay Competition, these essays are explorative, illuminating, provocative, beautifully written and - most of all - inspiring. S...trong Words 3 is packed with Aotearoa New Zealand's most compelling new writing on contemporary issues. It is essential reading. A central part of New Zealand's literary landscape since 1997, the annual Landfall Essay Competition is Aotearoa's most prestigious essay writing competition. Every year these essays open up new avenues of thought, explore new ways of looking at contemporary issues and bring new narratives to the forefront. Past winners include Airini Beautrais, Ashleigh Young, Gregory O'Brien, Diana Bridge, Elizabeth Smither, Tracey Slaughter, Laurence Fearnley and Alie Benge. The biennial Strong Words series was launched in 2019 and gathers the most powerful winning, shortlisted and commended Landfall Essay Competition writing within the covers of one book. Among the rich reading featured in Strong Words 3 are the 2021 and 2022 Landfall Essay Competition winners: 'The New Man' by Andrew Dean, a politically and socially complex piece that traces Dean's ancestry and examines New Zealand's shamefully long record of anti-Semitism; and 'Lumpectomy' by Tina Makereti, a personal and political exploration of the body and its boundaries, and health care (and its boundaries) in Aotearoa. Other essayists featured in Strong Words 3 tackle topics such as grief, lost language, poetic childhood recollections, gender, the long aftermath of colonisation, the nature of traumatic memory, and working as a comedian while solo parenting.Read less