Hungus is a deadly new poetry collection by Amber Esau (Ngāpuhi/Manase), a mantis-themed ode to nuance, tower moments and addiction. Esau sits down with fellow Ngāpuhi Samoan writer Coco Solid to discuss the joys of being misread, multinesian multiplicities, putting repression to work and how it feels to have your darkest matter become public poetic property. Amber Esau: Hungus is textbook – “the girls that get it get it”.