essa may ranapiri

essa may ranapiri 'is a person who lives on Ngaati Wairere whenua. They are the author of ransack and ECHIDNA (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2019; 2022) and a PhD student looking at how poetry by taangata takataapui enhances our understanding of ahuatanga. They are also a co-editor of Kupu Toi Takataapui / Takataapui Literary Journal with Michelle Rahurahu. They have a great love for language, Land Back and hot chips. Thanks as always goes to their ancestors, who see everything. They will write until they're dead.'

Biographical sources

• Ngā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Random House, 2023. 357-358.