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Zigzags and jags, John Horrocks
Rhyming Planet David Eggleton Steele Roberts, $19.95, ISBN 1877228567 Clearances Alan Riach Hazard Press, $21.95, ISBN 18772700705 Acetylene Geoff Cochrane Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734190 David Eggleton, street entertainer, licensed to rave, appears in a surprisingly subdued pose on…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Autumn 2001, David Eggleton, Geoff Cochrane, Hazard Press, Issue 53, John Horrocks, Steele Roberts, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
With more to be said, Alan Riach
Atua Wera Kendrick Smithyman Auckland University Press, $34.95, ISBN 1 86940 157 3 A cynical critic, if asked whether Atua Wera should be described as Kendrick Smithyman’s masterpiece and one of New Zealand’s major poems, might reply like the Frenchman…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Auckland University Press, Autumn 1997, Issue 29, Kendrick Smithyman
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Away from home, David Eggleton
First and Last Songs Alan Riach Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 869401220 Photographs Albert Wendt Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 869401220 The notes at the back refer to quotations from Robert Burns’ Poems and Songs, and on the…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Albert Wendt, Auckland University Press, David Eggleton, Issue 20, Summer 1995
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A poetic resurgence, Tony Beyer
An Open Return Alan Riach, Untold Books, Wellington, 1991, $23 Paper Boats Peter Bland, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $16.95 The Man of Paradise Denys Trussell, Hudson/ Cresset, Auckland, (distrib Brick Row Publishers. PO Box 100-057, Auckland 10), 1991, $17.95 The…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Cresset Publishing, Denys Trussell, Hudson, Issue 3, John McIndoe, Peter Bland, Spring 1991, Tony Beyer, Untold Books
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review