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A Brilliant Stick With Which to Beat the Old Guard
Ian Wedde reviews Out of the Blue: Essays on artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985–2021 by Christina Barton
Kōrero Each to Each
Elizabeth Heritage reviews Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages edited by Michelle Elvy and Vaughan Rapatahana
Story Sovereignty
David Eggleton reviews Books of Mana: 180 Māori-authored books of significance edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira
I Run My Fingers Over the Hem of a T-shirt in Kmart
Gina Cole reviews Slowing the Sun: Essays by Nadine Hura
Better than Real
David Eggleton reviews Innerland: A journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand by Matt Vance
Our Position Is In the Highest Degree Tragic
Robert McLean on Forms of Freedom: Marxist essays in New Zealand and Australian literature by Dougal McNeill
Carnivalesque Biology
David Eggleton on The Social Space of the Essay 2003–2023 by Ian Wedde
A Weaver’s Warp and Weft
Francis Cooke on Bad Archive by Flora Feltham
Catching Fire
Wendy Parkins on The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais
This is Just the Body I Brought with Me
Francis Cooke on Articulations by Henrietta Bollinger
Exchanging Wisdoms
Tom Brooking on Knowledge Is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings, 1980–2020by Anne Salmond