{"product_id":"9780864734181","title":"After Bathing at Baxter's: Essays and Notebooks","description":"After Bathing at Baxter's is a personal exploration of-and homage to-some of the important New Zealand poets and painters of the 20th century, beginning-as the title suggests-with James K. Baxter. This collection is filled with anecdotes and personal observation. Alongside Baxter, the book includes major pieces on writers Kendrick Smithyman, Janet Frame, and Ruth Dallas. Following a sequence of autobiographical stories, O'Brien shifts his gaze to the visual arts, taking the reader on a tour of Ralph Hotere, Colin McCahon, Rosalie Gascoigne, and Denis O'Connor.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Gregory O'Brien has exhibited paintings, illustrated books, and published numerous collections of poetry, nonfiction, and a novel. As well as coediting three anthologies of New Zealand poetry, O'Brien has coedited (with Te Miringa Hohaia and Lara Strongman) \u003ci\u003eParihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, which  was cowinner of the Biography and History Prize, Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2001. He lives in New Zealand and works as a curator at City Gallery Wellington; runs a poetry workshop at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University, Wellington; and appears regularly on New Zealand's National Radio.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victoria University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012450533616,"sku":"9780864734181","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780864734181_p0.jpg?v=1763827394","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780864734181","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}