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Seeing through words, Kim Worthington

Posted on June 25, 2000 by NZ Books

The Inhabited Initial Fiona Farrell Auckland University Press, $27.95, ISBN 1 86940 215 4 as far as I can see Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 217 0 The Inhabited Initial, Fiona Farrell’s second collection of poetry…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Fiona Farrell, Issue 43, Kim Worthington, Michele Leggott
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Identity crises, Ruth Butterworth

Posted on December 4, 1996 by NZ Books

Cherries on a Plate ed Marilyn Duckworth Random House, $25.95 ISBN 1 86941 287 7 Six Clever Girls Who Became Famous Women Fiona Farrell Penguin Books, $24.95 ISBN 0 140 25356 4 England has social class; India and America have…

Tagged with: Fiona Farrell, Issue 26, Marilyn Duckworth, Penguin Books, Random House, Ruth Butterworth, Winter 1996
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Short stories

Finding a solid footing here, Bernadette Hall

Posted on December 1, 1992 by NZ Books

The Skinny Louie Book Fiona Farrell, Penguin, $24.95 Female morality is described by Marilyn French as being a web of relations, not a hierarchy of rules. It takes its strength from recognising connections and taking responsibility for them. It is interesting…

Tagged with: Bernadette Hall, Fiona Farrell, Issue 7, Penguin, Summer 1992
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review