Strait Men and Other Tales Murray Edmond Steele Roberts, $30.00, ISBN 9781927242988 Strait Men and Other Tales by Murray Edmond is a tricky beast. Its slim spine belies the size and style of the stories within – there’s nothing that…
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Poetical philosophies, John Dennison
Song of the Ghost in the Machine Roger Horrocks Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739858 Shaggy Magpie Songs Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869408411 Generation Kitchen Richard Reeve Otago University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877578922 Roger Horrocks’s Song of…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2016, Issue 113, John Dennison, Murray Edmond, Otago University Press, Richard Reeve, Roger Horrocks, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Culture wars, ancient and modern, Hugh Roberts
The Critic’s Part: Wystan Curnow Art Writings 1971-2013
Wystan Curnow
Adam Art Gallery/Victoria University Press, $80.00,
ISBN 9780864739322
Then It Was Now Again: Selected Critical Writing
Murray Edmond
Atuanui Press, $44.00,
ISBN 9780992245368
The editors of The Critic’s Part tell us that Curnow’s prolific but scattered art-critical writings (reviews, catalogue copy, journalism, essays etc) together reveal the “arc, progression, and continuity of Curnow’s thinking” and deliver a “general, ‘big-picture’ account of New Zealand art”. If there is some truth to the first of these claims, the second cannot be said to bear much examination. Nonetheless, anyone interested in the history of New Zealand art in the late 20th century will be grateful to Christina Barton and Robert Leonard for making these pieces available.
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Tagged with: Adam Art Gallery, Atuanui Press, Hugh Roberts, Issue 111, Murray Edmond, Spring 2015, Victoria University Press, Wystan Curnow
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Combing the romantic inheritance, Iain Sharp
Lives of the Poets John Newton Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864736284 Goya Rules Harvey McQueen HeadworX, $24.99, ISBN 9780473160401 Walls to Kick and Hills to Sing from Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781869404581 When…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2011, Harvey McQueen, HeadworX, Iain Sharp, Issue 93, John Newton, Murray Edmond, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Strange days in the language school, Mark Houlahan
Monkey Miss Her Now & Everything a Teenage Girl Should Know Jack Ross Danger Publications, [no price given], ISBN 047600182X Fool Moon Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 1869403169 Crosswind Paula Green Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 186940324x Clung…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Danger Publications, Issue 68, Jack Ross, June 2005, Mark Houlahan, Murray Edmond, Paula Green, Sonja Yelich
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Language and loss, John Dickson
laminations Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1869402227 In the poem “Can that Mango” from Murray Edmond’s latest book, the following lines are spoken (or so a note informs us) by one of two angels who are discussing a…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, December 2000, Issue 46, John Dickson, Murray Edmond
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Light that fire, Lydia Wevers
Big Smoke: New Zealand Poems 1960-1975 eds Alan Brunton, Murray Edmond, Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $49.95, ISBN 869402308 A thick black-and-white book with a beautiful cover illustration by Patrick Hanly taken from the second issue of Freed, Big Smoke…
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Tagged with: Alan Brunton, Auckland University Press, December 2000, Issue 46, Lydia Wevers, Michele Leggott, Murray Edmond
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The panic of O, Jane Stafford
The Switch Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $19.95 Dia Michelle Leggott Auckland University Press, $19.95 I teach a second-year university course in modern poetry where one of the chief requirements of the lecturers is to prevent panic. It’s alright, we…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 15, Jane Stafford, Michelle Leggott, Murray Edmond, Spring 1994
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Recurring images from diverse sources, Charles Croot
From The Word Go Murray Edmond, Auckland University Press, 1992, $16.95 Small Stories of Devotion Dinah Hawken, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $19.95 Murray Edmond’s fifth collection is an uneven performance. This poet’s strength lies in his powers of observation…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Charles Croot, Dinah Hawken, Issue 5, Murray Edmond, Victoria University Press, Winter 1992
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Bovver boys
What they wrote A taste of contributor comments over our first 20 years On New Zealand Books My hope is that New Zealand Books will provide a forum for frank discussion that dares to rise above the suffocating confines…
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