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Issue 58 | June 2003
Volume 13 | Number 2 | Issue 58 | June 2003 Brian Turner: W H Oliver, Looking for the Phoenix – A Memoir Editorial Letters Elizabeth Smither: “Singing in the rain” (poem) Lydia Wevers: Bill Sewell, The Ballad of…
Poem – Elizabeth Smither
Singing in the rain I am caught at the bus stop like Gene Kelly only I have an umbrella. Only two days before I said to someone we miss all those good experiences: getting drenched and here is my…
Letters – Issue 58
The source of Frame’s “inward sun” In her review of An Inward Sun: The World of Janet Frame (March 2003 issue), Elizabeth Alley refers to her earlier use of the book’s title and its still earlier use by Patrick Evans,…
Silenced voices, Malcolm Campbell
Shifting Centres: Women and Migration in New Zealand History ed Lyndon Fraser and Katie Pickles University of Otago Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276324 It is a truism that migration history steps into the limelight when immigration is at its most contentious…
Tagged with: Issue 58, Katie Pickles, Lyndon Fraser, Malcolm Campbell, Winter 2002
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Strong constitutions, Andrew Sharp
Constitutional Conversations: Geoffrey Palmer Talks to Kim Hill on National Radio 1994-2001 Geoffrey Palmer Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 086473445X On the Left: Essays on Socialism in New Zealand ed Pat Moloney and Kerry Taylor University of Otago Press, $39.95,…
Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Geoffrey Palmer, Issue 58, Kerry Taylor, Otago University Press, Pat Moloney, Victoria University Press, Winter 2002
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Against conformity, Gaylene Preston
Rudi Gopas: A Biography Chris Ronayne David Ling, $49.95, ISBN 0908990820 I was at first reluctant to review this biography of the artist Rudi Gopas. For two crucial formative years, Rudi was my painting teacher, and I am briefly quoted…
Tagged with: Chris Ronayne, David Ling Publishing, Gaylene Preston, Issue 58, Rudi Gopas, Winter 2002
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Religious past, secular present, Bill Logan
Christianity Without God Lloyd Geering Bridget Williams Books, $34.95, ISBN 1877242241 Wellington Cathedral of St Paul: A History 1840-2001 Michael Blain Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 86473428X This is one of the most secular countries in the Western world, but…
Tagged with: Bill Logan, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 58, Lloyd Geering, Michael Blain, Victoria University Press, Winter 2002
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Running from the past, Zoe Prebble
Replacement Girl Ann Beaglehole Tandem Press, $27.95, ISBN 1877178985 On a Distant Island Denis Baker David Ling, $24.95, ISBN 0908990790 Replacement Girl, Ann Beaglehole’s first novel, is a story about memory, and what is not remembered; about belonging and not…
Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, David Ling Publishing, Denis Baker, Issue 58, Tandem Press, Winter 2002, Zoe Prebble
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Journalism without the mortgage, Verica Rupar
What’s News? Reclaiming Journalism in New Zealand ed Judy McGregor and Margie Comrie Dunmore Press, $37.95, ISBN 0864694164 When Bogey whispers “Kid”, the clocks stop. When Ingrid Bergman asks “Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding?”, the…
Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 58, Judy McGregor, Margie Comrie, Verica Rupar, Winter 2002
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Ambivalence and comedy, Paola Bilbrough
Queen of Beauty Paula Morris Penguin $27.95, ISBN 0864734425 The book of the film of the story of my life William Brandt Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0143018418 Queen of Beauty and The book of the film of the story…
Tagged with: Issue 58, Paola Bilbrough, Paula Morris, Penguin, Victoria University Press, William Brandt, Winter 2002
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review