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Poem — Leonard Lambert
Sonless Man Sonless man, soft murderer. made of this daughter a loud unlovely boy, as if a man should swap yarns with a fern or force a rough acquaintance with the mysteries of the earth, Sonless man, shy killer,…
From teapots to platters: a vital potter, Brian Carmody
Doreen Blumhardt, Teacher and Potter Marion McLeod, Daphne Brasell Associates, Wellington, 1991, $21.95 In a world where books on artists and craftsmen are often loaded with jargon and preoccupied with the personal psychology of the subject, Doreen Blumhardt, Teacher and…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Brian Carmody, Daphne Brasell Associates Press, Doreen Blumhardt, Issue 4, Marion McLeod
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Blurred portrait of a painter, Mark Stocker
Alan Pearson: His Life and art Denys Trussell, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991, $75 Biography is one thing and hagiography quite another. Sadly, Denys Trussell has failed to realise the difference in his readable, provocative but deeply flawed biography of the…
Tagged with: Alan Pearson, Autumn 1992, Denys Trussell, Hazard Press, Issue 4, Mark Stocker
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Do they have talent?: they sure have chutzpah, Anne French
Between these Hills Vivienne Plumb (ed), Between these Hills Collective, Wellington, 1991 White Feathers: An Anthology of New Zealand and Pacific Island Poetry on the Theme of Peace Terry Locke, Peter Low and John Winslade (eds), Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991,…
Tagged with: Anne French, Autumn 1992, Between these Hills Collective, Hazard Press, Issue 4, John McIndoe, John Winslade, Michael Harlow, Peter Low, Terry Locke, Vivienne Plumb
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A lifelong acrimonious argument: portrait of Patrick White, A F Bellette
Patrick White: a Life David Marr, Cape, London, 1991, $49.95 In future each issue will contain at least one review of an important book published outside New Zealand. Here A F Bellette reviews the first biography of Australia’s perhaps greatest…
Tagged with: A F Bellette, Autumn 1992, Cape, David Marr, Issue 4, Patrick White
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Poetic accomplishments, Peter Simpson
Waiting Shelter Jenny Bornholdt, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $17.95 Angle of Repose Jean Lonie, Te Taa Haeretahi/ The Hand-in-Hand Press, Wellington, 1991 Making Tracks: A Selected 50 Poems Sam Hunt, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991, $14.95 Breeze Bob Orr, Auckland…
On top of Mount Cook: women’s worlds, Shelagh Duckham Cox
The Book of New Zealand Women: Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa Charlotte Macdonald, Merimeri Penfold and Bridget Williams (eds), Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1991, $45 You could start to read The Book of New Zealand Women at the beginning and…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Bridget Williams, Bridget Williams Books, Charlotte Macdonald, Issue 4, Merimeri Penfold, Shelagh Duckham Cox
Posted in Biography, Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Letters – Issue 4
Bringing on the bovver boys? The theme of your brief piece in the first issue of New Zealand books, justifying the publication, was that books were an undervalued cultural asset. Mention is made of designers and publishers, but not authors…
Editorial – Issue 4
This issue reflects the intense activity of women as writers, publishers, painters and participants in every conceivable activity from those presented in The Book of New Zealand Women to a lively figure of an earlier age, Lady Barker, whose classic…
The poetry scene today, Tony Beyer
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