{"product_id":"hes-so-masc","title":"He's So Masc","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby Chris Tse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, Chris Tse took readers back to a shocking 1905 murder. Now he brings the reader much closer to home. He’s So MASC confronts a contemporary world of self-loathing poets and compulsive liars, of youth and sexual identity, and of the author as character — pop star, actor, hitman, and much more. These are poems that delve into worlds of hyper-masculine romanticism and dancing alone in night clubs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its many modes and influences, He’s So MASC is an acerbic, acid-bright, yet unapologetically sentimental and personal reflection on what it means to perform and dissect identity, as a poet and a person.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChris Tse was born and raised in Lower Hutt. He studied English literature and film at Victoria University of Wellington, where he also completed an MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Tse was one of three poets featured in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAUP New Poets 4\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2011), and his work has appeared in publications in New Zealand and overseas. His first collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to be Dead in a Year of Snakes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2014) won the Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry, his second book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHE’S SO MASC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and third \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSUPER MODEL MINORITY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e were published to critical acclaim in 2018 and 2022. He is co-editor of AUP’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in 2021. Chris Tse was New Zealand poet laureate from 2022–2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48898561802475,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0746\/4939\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-19at5.04.35PM.png?v=1781845600","url":"https:\/\/nowherebookstorenz.myshopify.com\/products\/hes-so-masc","provider":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}