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Still (regrettably) relevant, Ashleigh Young
Roll on the Revolution … But Not Till After Xmas!: Selected Feminist Writing Margot Roth Women’s Studies Association of Aotearoa New Zealand / Pae Akoranga Wāhine, $25.00, ISBN 9780473351748 Yesterday, I was idling on Facebook when I should have been…
Tagged with: Ashleigh Young, Issue 116, Margot Roth, Pae Akoranga Wāhine, Summer 2016, Women’s Studies Association of Aotearoa New Zealand
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, 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
Looking for home, David Cohen
Barefoot Years Martin Edmond Bridget Williams Books, $15.00, ISBN 9781927277676 On Coming Home Paula Morris Bridget Williams Books, $15.00, ISBN 9780908321117 Somewhere in the course of his perceptive career, in what one assumes was a more or less idle moment,…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, David Cohen, Issue 111, Martin Edmond, Paula Morris, Spring 2015
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Culture wars, ancient and modern, Hugh Roberts
The Critic’s Part: Wystan Curnow Art Writings 1971-2013 Wystan Curnow Adam Art Gallery/Victoria University Press, $80.00, ISBN 9780864739322 Then It Was Now Again: Selected Critical Writing Murray Edmond Atuanui Press, $44.00, ISBN 9780992245368 The editors of The Critic’s Part tell…
Tagged with: Adam Art Gallery, Atuanui Press, Hugh Roberts, Issue 111, Murray Edmond, Spring 2015, Victoria University Press, Wystan Curnow
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
For us there is only the trying, Paul Morris
Tell You What: Great New Zealand Non-Fiction 2015 Jolisa Gracewood and Susanna Andrew (eds) Auckland University Press, $30.00 ISBN 9781869408244 Greatest Hits: A Quarter Century of Journalistic Encounters and Notes from Lost Cities David Cohen Mākaro Press, $35.00 ISBN 9780994106544…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, David Cohen, Issue 110, Jolisa Gracewood, Mākaro Press, Paul Morris, Susanna Andrew, Winter 2015
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Digging and delving, Tim Corballis and Ingrid Horrocks
The Grass Catcher: A Digression About Home Ian Wedde Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864739384 The protagonist of the present-day portion of Symmes Hole (1986), Ian Wedde’s canonical and underread novel about settler colonialism, is obsessed with history. He digs…
Tagged with: Ian Wedde, Ingrid Horrocks, Issue 108, Summer 2014, Tim Corballis, Victoria University Press
Posted in Essays, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Constant uncertainty, Dougal McNeill
Journals 1938-1945 Charles Brasch Margaret Scott (transcriber), Andrew Parsloe (annotator) Otago University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9781877372841 Enduring Legacy, the Hocken Library’s 2003 exhibition marking the release of Charles Brasch’s papers from their embargo, was subtitled “patron, poet and collector”. Brasch…
Tagged with: Andrew Parsloe, Autumn 2014, Charles Brasch, Dougal McNeill, Issue 105, Margaret Scott
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Poetry, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Poetry, Review
Sourcing the golden goose, Hugh Roberts
Elements of Modernism in Colin McCahon’s Early Work Gordon H Brown Art History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, $15.00, ISBN 9780475122032 Toss Woollaston: Origins and Influence Tony Green Art History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, $15.00, ISBN 9771176304001 Colin McCahon…
Tagged with: Art History Programme, Colin McCahon, Gordon H Brown, Hugh Roberts, Issue 102, Rex Butler, Roger Blackley, Tony Green, Toss Woollaston, Victoria University of Wellington, Winter 2013
Posted in Art, Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Essays, Non-fiction, Review
No getting away from the man, Linda Burgess
Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World Steve Braunias Awa Press, $36.00, ISBN 9781877551352 Steve Braunias is one of our very best writers. How does he do it, wonders the reviewer, as within a sentence Braunias moves from…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Awa Press, Issue 101, Linda Burgess, Steve Braunias
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review