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Hurting in different ways, Veronica Maughan
Life On Volcanoes: Contemporary Essays Janet McAllister (ed) Beatnik Publishing, $25.00, ISBN 9780994138392 Life On Volcanoes: Contemporary Essays first and foremost intimidated me. I am 19, a second-year university student. I work part-time in a café, as a waitress. I…
Tagged with: Beatnik Publishing, Issue 127, Janet McAllister, Spring 2019, Veronica Maughan
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
The Hutt Valley takes Manhattan … Murray Bramwell
Book Of Cohen David Cohen Steele Roberts, $30.00, ISBN 9780947493882 Book Of Cohen is a singular volume with multiple objectives: “This was always going to be a work by one Cohen (that would be me) on another Cohen (that would…
Tagged with: David Cohen, Issue 127, Murray Bramwell, Spring 2019, Steele Roberts
Posted in Essays, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Speaking frankly, Margaret Sparrow
My Body, My Business: New Zealand Sex Workers In An Era Of Change Caren Wilton (Madeleine Slavick photographer) Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781988531328 As I write this review, I hear a news item that Dame Catherine Healy DNZM and…
Tagged with: Caren Wilton, Issue 127, Madeleine Slavick, Margaret Sparrow, Otago University Press, Spring 2019
Posted in Essays, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Galling truth, Megan Dunn
Kaitiaki o te Pō: Essays John-Paul Powley Seraph Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994134592 I am in two minds about John-Paul Powley’s Kaitiaki o te Pō – this is a good essay collection, even really good. But goodness is also Powley’s Achilles…
Tagged with: Issue 126, John-Paul Powley, Megan Dunn, Seraph Press, Winter 2019
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Women past and present, Kim Worthington
Women Equality Power: Helen Clark: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership Allen and Unwin, $45.00, ISBN 9781988547053 Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage Bronwyn Labrum (ed) Te Papa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994146007 If there was ever a year…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bronwyn Labrum, Helen Clark, Issue 126, Kim Worthington, Te Papa Press, Winter 2019
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
The unnerving detritus of what was, Jane Westaway
The Shops Steve Braunias and Peter Black (photographer) Luncheon Sausage Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780908689941 Once upon a time, I met people who owned a shop. I was young and impressionable and, on my first visit, was dazzled by a window…
Tagged with: Issue 118, Jane Westaway, Luncheon Sausage Books, Peter Black, Steve Braunias, Winter 2017
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Downtown voices and sugar-rush diction, David Cohen
The Journal of Urgent Writing 2016 Nicola Legat (ed) Massey University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780994130068 Tell You What 2017: Great New Zealand Nonfiction Susanna Andrew and Jolisa Gracewood (eds) Auckland University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781869408602 If I had to name…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2017, David Cohen, Issue 117, Jolisa Gracewood, Massey University Press, Nicola Legat, Susanna Andrew
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Rethinking the past, Melissa Laing
Re-inventing New Zealand: Essays on the Arts and the Media Roger Horrocks Atuanui Press, $45.00, ISBN 9780992245382 As I opened a blank document to begin this review, a tweet popped up in my feed from Morgan Godfery: “Sure,” Godfery writes…
Tagged with: Atuanui Press, Issue 116, Melissa Laing, Roger Horrocks, Summer 2016
Posted in Art, Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Shining a transformative light, Sarah Quigley
Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand Ingrid Horrocks and Cherie Lacey (eds) Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776560707 At a time when much of Europe is preoccupied with redefining – and defending – boundaries, New Zealand is…
Tagged with: Cherie Lacey, Ingrid Horrocks, Issue 116, Sarah Quigley, Summer 2016, Victoria University Press
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review