'A collection of poetry and wood carvings that burns blindingly bright.
'The island of Borneo was once the most heavily wooded in the world, and its people have always carved wood beautifully. In KILLERNOVA, grappling with his heritage, Omar Musa remixes this ancient art form with fiery poetry forged in the stars.
With equal parts swagger, humour and vulnerability, Musa charts a journey through the colonial history of South-East Asia, environmental destruction, oceans, bushfires, race in Australia, the isolation and addiction of COVID lockdown, family, lost love and, ultimately, recovery.
'Relentlessly on beat, visually captivating and deceptively intimate, this is a collection of words and art that burns blindingly bright.' (Publication summary)
'A poetry collection meditating on family, country, and memory.'
Book It In : Omar Musa
Zoya Patel
(presenter),
2022
25159286
2022
single work
podcast
'Drawing on a printmaking technique he learned from punk-rock climate activists in Borneo, Malaysian Australian author and poet Omar Musa wrestles with race, family and isolation in Killernova, his new book of poetry and art. He talks to Zoya Patel and also performs poems from his new book.'
Source: Book It In.
'Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.'
'A poetry collection meditating on family, country, and memory.'
'Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.'
Book It In : Omar Musa
Zoya Patel
(presenter),
2022
25159286
2022
single work
podcast
'Drawing on a printmaking technique he learned from punk-rock climate activists in Borneo, Malaysian Australian author and poet Omar Musa wrestles with race, family and isolation in Killernova, his new book of poetry and art. He talks to Zoya Patel and also performs poems from his new book.'
Source: Book It In.
