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In the hybrid zones, Airini Beautrais
How To Live Helen Rickerby Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869409050 Ransack essa may ranapiri Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562374 Conventional Weapons Tracey Slaughter Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562206 In a literary sense, genre is problematic. While it’s…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Auckland University Press, essa may ranapiri, Helen Rickerby, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A swarm of poets, Airini Beautrais
Manifesto Aotearoa: 101 Political Poems Philip Temple and Emma Neale (eds) Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780947522469 New Zealand poetry in English has a long and complex tradition of politically-charged work: from colonial balladeers, through 20th-century heavyweights like Allen…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Emma Neale, Issue 120, Otago University Press, Philip Temple, Summer 2017
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
As if shadows could whisper, Emma Neale
Dear Neil Roberts Airini Beautrais Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739735 How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes Chris Tse Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869408183 Both collections under review here act as witness to politically charged historic…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Auckland University Press, Chris Tse, Emma Neale, Issue 111, Spring 2015, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The sliding door in the dark, Airini Beautrais
The Lonely Nude Emily Dobson Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739292 Cinema Helen Rickerby Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780473276485 Waha/Mouth Hinemoana Baker Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739704 I have often wondered how far poetry can stray into the mundane,…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Autumn 2015, Emily Dobson, Helen Rickerby, Hinemoana Baker, Issue 109, Mākaro Press, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Raw edges of wonder, Janet Hughes
The Hill of Wool Jenny Bornholdt Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864736529 Thicket Anna Jackson Auckland University Press, $24.99, ISBN 9871869404826 Aloe Diana Bridge Auckland University Press, $24.99, ISBN 98718669404413 The Leaf Ride Dinah Hawken Victoria University…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Anna Jackson, Auckland University Press, Diana Bridge, Dinah Hawken, Issue 96, Janet Hughes, Jenny Bornholdt, Summer 2011, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Dwelling poetically, Dougal McNeill
Brainpark Anna Sanderson Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 086473543X After the Dance Michele Amas Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864735421 Secret Heart Airini Beautrais Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864735413 The Unbelievable Lightness of Eggs: Light Poems and Verse Bernard…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Andrew Fagan, Anna Sanderson, Bernard Gadd, Dougal McNeill, Hallard Press, HeadworX, Issue 78, Michele Amas, Victoria University Press, Winter 2007
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review