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Letters – Issue 51
Biography and ventriloquism It is not normally my practice to reply to reviews or reviewers: authors have their say in books, then reviewers have theirs in reviews. The danger in not replying to wrong-headed comments, however, is that readers imagine…
Subliminal euphonies, Cilla McQueen
Realia Kate Camp Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734204 deep down musical hearts beat for no reason no apparent reason (“Beats”) I like the sound of Kate Camp. She has an ear for a harmonic beat within the…
Tagged with: Cilla McQueen, December 2001, Issue 51, Kate Camp, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Issue 51 | December 2001
Volume 11 | Number 5 | Issue 51 | December 2001 Dale Williams: John McCrystal, The Cars We Loved; John Bluck, Killing Us Softly: The Kiwi Culture of Complaint; Richard Wolfe and Stephen Barnett, Kiwiana! The Sequel Editorial Correspondence…
Laughter in the dark, Terry Locke
No Joke Mark Pirie Sudden Valley Press, $22.95, ISBN 0958209103 Excuse me, would you mind putting me on to Mark Pirie… if that’s his real name. Oh, it is? Yes, thank you. Look, Mark, I thought you might like some…
Tagged with: December 2001, Issue 51, Mark Pirie, Sudden Valley Press, Terry Locke
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Stone upon stone, David Eggleton
Collected Poems 1967-1999 Bill Manhire Victoria University Press, ISBN 086473411 (paperback), $34.95 ISBN 0864734212 (hardback) $49.95 In this Collected Poems, the private universe of Bill Manhire is made readily available to his ever-increasing audience. But it may take years and…
Tagged with: Bill Manhire, David Eggleton, December 2001, Issue 51, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Pulling no punches, Sue Court
Music in New Zealand: A Reader from the 1940s ed Allan Thomas University of Canterbury School of Music, $25, ISBN 090871808X What does an anthology of source readings, soberly titled Music in New Zealand: A Reader from the 1940s have…
Tagged with: Allan Thomas, December 2001, Issue 51, Sue Court, University of Canterbury School of Music
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Poem – Mary Macpherson
Chiaroscuro (for Terry) It’s clear how quickly darkness swims up the gums – there’s light and shadow, then the silver trunks and tossed heads are gone. Bats call in darkness. I’ve seen this in Auckland too – a city…
Poem – John O’Connor
Memo: Fragrant as a Rose It is reported that Comrade Stalin has smiled. Fleetingly. Between vodka and signing permissions for fresh interrogations, Comrade Beria had mentioned the Civic Crèche and an upcoming visit to Australia. Comrade Stalin’s distrust of…
The cave of making, Chris Else
Below Tim Corballis Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734131 Let me say at the outset that this is a remarkable novel; subtle, complex, delicately wrought. It is the kind of work that leaves you thinking not just about the material…
Tagged with: Chris Else, December 2001, Issue 51, Tim Corballis, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Mating rituals, Jock Phillips
Mates text by Jim Hopkins, photos by Julie Riley HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1869503678 Telephone rings. S.Nag: Hullo. Sam here. B.Loke: Gidday, mate. Brucey here. How about coming down to the pub to watch the footie on the big screen?…
Tagged with: December 2001, HarperCollins, Issue 51, Jim Hopkins, Jock Phillips, Julie Riley
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology