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Talking Music, Sue Court
Talking Music: conversations with New Zealand musicians Sarah Shieff Auckland University Press, $49.95, ISBN 1869402286 Sometimes, out of sheer perversity, I read an entire book ithout having read the preface or introduction to see whether my perception of a book…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 58, Sarah Shieff, Sue Court, Winter 2002
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Verbal aerobics and intimacies, John Horrocks
Favourite Monsters James Brown Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734344 The Scientific Evidence of Dr Wang Stephanie de Montalk Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734417 Readers of James Brown’s previous collections of poetry, Go Round Power Please and Lemon, will…
Tagged with: Issue 58, James Brown, John Horrocks, Stephanie de Montalk, Victoria University Press, Winter 2002
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Referencing the self, James Norcliffe
Storyteller Simon Williamson HeadworX, $29.95, ISBN 0473086220 Boat People Tim Jones HeadworX, $19.95, ISBN 0473087456 Chantal’s Book Jack Ross HeadworX, $19.95, ISBN 0473087448 Through his Wellington HeadworX publishing house Mark Pirie has become something of a phenomenon in recent years…
Tagged with: HeadworX, Issue 58, Jack Ross, James Norcliffe, Simon Williamson, Tim Jones, Winter 2002
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Editorial — Issue 58
Kids stuff Readers – and sometimes even writers – seem to think that writing for children and young adults is the literary equivalent of dunking soldiers in your boiled egg. Fun, possibly, but not what a proper grown-up writer should…
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