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Stead among the Romans, John Davidson
The Right Thing C K Stead Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 221 9 On the dust jacket of his 1972 collection Crossing the Bar can be read the words: “C K Stead is not a prolific poet; …
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1999, C K Stead, Issue 45, John Davidson
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Less than the bare facts, Jane Tolerton
Freda Stark: Her Extraordinary Life Dianne Haworth and Diane Miller HarperCollins, $39.95, ISBN 1 86950 352 X The dramatic moment of Freda Stark: Her Extraordinary Life comes at the end of the second chapter when Thelma, Freda’s friend and lover,…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Diane Miller, Dianne Haworth, Freda Stark, Issue 45, Jane Tolerton
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Great expectations, John McCrystal
The Dream of Nikau Jam Peter Hawes Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 421 7 The Craymore Affair Kevin Ireland Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 426 8 One of the great fears among actors is being typecast, bound up in the…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Issue 45, John McCrystal, Kevin Ireland, Peter Hawes, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Patchwork, Deborah Montgomerie
Fragments: New Zealand Social and Cultural History ed Bronwyn Dalley and Bronwyn Labrum Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 185 9 Fragments bills itself as a step towards a Brave New World of sophisticated histories of New Zealand life,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1999, Bronwyn Dalley, Bronwyn Labrum, Deborah Montgomerie, Issue 45
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Sporting chances, Russell Marshall
Sport, Society and Culture ed Brad Patterson Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, $24.95, ISBN 0 473 06403 0 It is extraordinary, to say the least, that sport and academe in New Zealand have squared off against each…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Brad Patterson, Issue 45, Russell Marshall, Stout Research Centre
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology, Sport
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology, Sport
Editorial — Issue 45
Annus mirabilis for poetry This issue includes reviews of collections by five of our major poets – Lauris Edmond, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, C K Stead, Jenny Bornholdt and Andrew Johnston. While this might seem an unusually generous allocation, in…
Horse whispering, Joan de Hamel
Shadrach Girl Joy Cowley Puffin, $15.95, ISBN 0 14 130899 0 On my eighth birthday I was given a book from a French friend of my parents. It was beautifully bound in pink, with gold lettering, a French children’s classic…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Issue 45, Joan de Hamel, Joy Cowley, Puffin
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Myths and statistics, Bernard Robertson
Crime in New Zealand Greg Newbold Dunmore Press, $34.95, ISBN 1 86469 348 6 This is only the second proper survey and consideration of criminal statistics in New Zealand, the first being Crime and Deviance published in 1992 by the…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Bernard Robertson, Dunmore Press, Greg Newbold, Issue 45
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
More than kisses, Chris Hobley
Posted Love: New Zealand love letters Sophie Jerram Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 14 029010 9 In March 1888, James Crooks left Wanganui on the 300-mile walk back to his home in Petone, hoping to pick up odd jobs so as…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Chris Hobley, Issue 45, Penguin, Sophie Jerram
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Letters — Issue 45
Untwisting Lyotard Peter Munz’s letter and recent review of my jointly authored book with Peter Roberts, University Futures and the Politics of Reform in New Zealand, in the August issue, both suffer from the intemperate criticisms and personal obsessions that…