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Paradoxes of knowledge and knowing, Nicholas Wright
page.stone.leaf Dinah Hawken (drawings by John Edgar) The Holloway Press ISBN 9780986461880 Ruby Duby Du Elizabeth Smither (Kathryn Madill illus) The Cold Hub Press ISBN 9780473268305 Gathering Evidence Caoilinn Hughes Victoria University Press ISBN 9780864739261 On opening Dinah Hawken’s latest…
Tagged with: Caoilinn Hughes, Dinah Hawken, Elizabeth Smither, Issue 107, John Edgar, Kathryn Madill, Nicholas Wright, Spring 2014, The Cold Hub Press, The Holloway 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
Removing the cycle clips, John Horrocks
Like Love Poems: Selected Poems Joanna Margaret Paul (ed Bernadette Hall) Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864735278 Modern Colours Wystan Curnow Jack Books, $24.95, ISBN 0473102544 One Shapely Thing: Poems and Journals Dinah Hawken Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 08646735286…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2007, Bernadette Hall, Dinah Hawken, Issue 77, Jack Books, James Brown, Joanna Margaret Pau, John Horrocks, Michael Jackson, Victoria University Press, Wystan Curnow
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
To sing the last word, Janet Wilson
Oh There You Are Tui! New and Selected Poems Dinah Hawken Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864734107 From the outset of her poetic career, one of the most promising debuts in recent New Zealand writing with It has No Sound…
Tagged with: Autumn 2001, Dinah Hawken, Issue 53, Janet Wilson, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A question of literary trust, Harry Ricketts
Water, Leaves, Stones Dinah Hawken Victoria University Press, $19.95 ISBN 086473 2899 Much of Dinah Hawken’s rightly acclaimed first collection, It has no sound and is blue (1987) was concerned with balance and the difficulty of achieving and maintaining it,…
Tagged with: Dinah Hawken, Harry Ricketts, Issue 22, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Recurring images from diverse sources, Charles Croot
From The Word Go Murray Edmond, Auckland University Press, 1992, $16.95 Small Stories of Devotion Dinah Hawken, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $19.95 Murray Edmond’s fifth collection is an uneven performance. This poet’s strength lies in his powers of observation…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Charles Croot, Dinah Hawken, Issue 5, Murray Edmond, Victoria University Press, Winter 1992
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review