by Erica Stretton | Nov 12, 2024 | A Fine Line, Reviews
MAJELLA CULLINANE Meantime (Dunedin: OUP 2024 ISBN 9781990048807). RRP $30.00 82pp. There are deep-seated expectations around death. The dying person never alone. Family and close friends attending. Physical contact, a hand held, a body embraced a last time....
by Erica Stretton | Sep 15, 2024 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Cadence Chung Mythos (Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press, 2024). ISBN: 978-1-877159-32-9. RRP: $35.00. 92 pp. Fresh off the printers at Wai-te-ata Press, MYTHOS is lovely to look at: Hannah Hitchcock’s cover art makes me feel as if I’m peering...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Jessica Hinerangi Āria (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2023). ISBN 978 1 86940 991 3. RRP $29.95. 75pp Ānana! He pukapuka toikupu tuatahi tino kaha nā Jessica Hinerangi. Wow! What a powerful first book of poetry by Jessica Hinerangi. In this collection, āria...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Dani Yourukova Transposium! (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2023)ISBN 9781776711000. RRP $29.99. 108pp. Dani Yourukova’s debut, Transposium, is a cool book. A smooth book. It’s got it together. Using Ancient Greek philosophy and modern popular culture, it...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Elizabeth Smither My American Chair (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2022). ISBN: 9781869409609. RRP: $24.99. 88pp. Reading a new Elizabeth Smither collection is always a source of anticipation and relish. My American Chair is her eighteenth poetry collection and...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | A Fine Line, Reviews
Tracey Slaughter Poetry Yearbook 2023: Afterburn (Massey: Massey University Press, 2023) ISBN: 9781991016355. RRP: $37.00. 392 pp. Poetry can haul us from our collective weariness, the bitter ashes of the pandemic, and strike a match in the darkness. Sculpted by the...
