Richard von Sturmer is well-known for writing the lyrics of Blam Blam Blam’s ‘There is No Depression in New Zealand’, which has become New Zealand’s alternate national anthem. His previous books include: A Network of Dissolving Threads (Auckland University Press, 1991), Suchness: Zen Poetry and Prose (HeadworX, 2005), This Explains Everything (Atuanui Press, 2016), Postcard Stories (Titus Books, 2019) and Resonating Distances (Titus Books, 2022). He was Writer in Residence at the University of Waikato in 2020 when this book was written.