Talia Laura Carlin McLeavey’s personal story is remarkable

McLeavey’s personal story is remarkable but in it

enthralling and necessarily terrifying

from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu

or sweet and spicy desserts

Talia Laura Carlin McLeavey’s personal story is remarkableTalia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te ti Haunui a Pprangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties and islands and light.