Blog Archives

Unearthing skeletons, John McCrystal

Posted on June 10, 2016 by NZ Books

Daughters of Messene Maggie Rainey-Smith Mākaro Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994117267 Something Else David Parkyn (Sally Griffin illus) Piedog Press, $38.00, ISBN 9780473321505 “There are only two or three human stories,” as Willa Cather once said, “and they go on repeating…

Tagged with: David Parkyn, Issue 114, John McCrystal, Maggie Rainey-Smith, Mākaro Press, Piedog Press, Sally Griffin, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Poem – Maggie Rainey-Smith

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Menopause (Inspired by an essay by Ursula K Le Guin, “The Space Crone”, 1976). Ursula urges me to become a Crone to not bemoan my declining hormones to wear grey hair catch a space ship somewhere out there so I…

Tagged with: Issue 78, Maggie Rainey-Smith, Winter 2007
Posted in Poem

Ambitious manoeuvres, John McCrystal

Posted on December 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs Linda Olsson Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143020285 Café Wars Barbara Strathdee Tara Publishing, $29.95, ISBN 0476016061 About Turns Maggie Rainey-Smith Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869416791 Look around at any session of any literary festival, and…

Tagged with: Barbara Strathdee, Black Swan, Issue 72, John McCrystal, Linda Olsson, Maggie Rainey-Smith, Penguin, Summer 2005, Tara Publishing
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review