The Body of Man David Herkt Hazard Press, $24.95 ISBN 0 908 790 73 2 Stuck up John Dolan Auckland University Press, $19.95 ISBN 186940 120 4 Retaining Wall Claire Matthewson Whitireia Publishing, $19.95 ISBN 0 473 031329 Literature is…
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Poem — Elizabeth Smither
Poem — Leonard Lambert
Returning to the wisdom of an early world, Harvey McQueen
Laura’s poems Laura Ranger, Godwit, $12.95 The childhood juvenilia of famous poets is usually interesting – the first uncertain steps, the incorporation of nursery rhyme, and yes, a naivety that is pleasing. But what if a child is already a…
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Tagged with: Autumn 1995, Godwit, Harvey McQueen, Issue 17, Laura Ranger, Winter 1995
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Making words explode, Philippa, Octavia and Laura Horgan
Laura’s Poems Laura Ranger, Godwit Publishing, $12.95 All three of us know Laura Ranger as a friend and we all agree on two things – she is a very nice person and a brilliant poet. She has endless ideas for…
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Tagged with: Autumn 1995, Issue 17, Laura Horgan, Laura Ranger, Octavia Horgan, Philippa Horgan, Winter 1995
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The art of complex simplicities, Jane Stafford
How We Met Jenny Bornholdt, Victoria University Press, $19.95 Simplicity in writing – as in life – is a very complicated matter, difficult to achieve and uncertain in its effect. Simplicity in poetry is usually achieved by sacrificing content and…
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Tagged with: Autumn 1995, Issue 17, Jane Stafford, Jenny Bornholdt, Victoria University Press, Winter 1995
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Poem — Bill Manhire
Letters – Issue 17
The blinds drawn, Hamish Keith
Painted Histories: Early Maori figurative painting Roger Neich, Auckland University Press, $79.95 One April morning in 1920 the Maori King Te Rata, his kaumatua, a greeting party and 1000 or so Waikato, gathered on the platform at Ngaruawahia railway station…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1995, Hamish Keith, Issue 17, Roger Neich, Winter 1995
Posted in Art, History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
And a partridge (or not), Neville Bennett
Science is wonderful. Only this week I hear some clever Americans have transplanted a gene from an Antarctic fish into a tomato. Apparently we will not get a tomato with scales or fins but one that is not frost tender.…
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