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The making of a ‘too hospitable’ canon, Mac Jackson
An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English ed Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O’Brien and Mark Williams Oxford University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 19 558338 8 “I cannot think that real poets have any competition,” wrote Blake. But we lesser mortals…
Tagged with: Gregory O’Brien, Issue 27, Jenny Bornholdt, Mac Jackson, Mark Williams, Oxford University Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The luck was all ours, Mac Jackson
An Absurd Ambition: Autobiographical Writings E H McCormick ed Dennis McEldowney Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 156 5 There were giants on the earth in those days” and we follow their footsteps with awe. When writing a chapter…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1996, Dennis McEldowney, E H McCormick, Issue 25, Mac Jackson
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Who criticises the critics?, Lauris Edmond
Whole Men Kai Jensen Auckland University Press 1996 $34.95 ISBN 186940145x A R D Fairburn Selected Poems Mac Jackson (ed) Victoria University Press, $24.95 ISBN 086473 2937 Denis Glover Selected Poems Bill Manhire (ed) Victoria University Press, $24.95 ISBN 086473…
Tagged with: A R D Fairburn, Auckland University Press, Bill Manhire, Denis Glover, Issue 23, Kai Jensen, Lauris Edmond, Mac Jackson, Spring 1996, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry
Posted in Literature, Poetry
More the activity than the goal, Mac Jackson
How To Be Nowhere: Essays and Texts 1971‑1994 Ian Wedde Victoria University Press, $49.95 ISBN 086473 249X This book has an index of names. There are about 560, from Laurence Aberhart to Jane Zusters. Marie Antoinette is followed by Billy…
Tagged with: Ian Wedde, Issue 22, Mac Jackson, Victoria University Press
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review