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pews and pleas and pearls and please
Emma Morrison worships women like God, aka Sapphic Catholicism guessed at by someone who’s never been in a church.
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Liam Jacobson’s Anti-Gentrification of Poetry
Devon Webb chats to Liam Jacobson about their debut poetry collection, ‘Neither’, finding inspiration, spoken word and getting involved with Dead Bird Books.
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Is This All That You Had In Mind? — A Response
bad apple reviewer Samantha Cheong dives into absurd waters in this story of a predatory dissatisfaction demon—will she leave feeling buoyed or will dissatisfaction pull her under?
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Minnie & Judy — A Response
After reviewing their contribution to Auckland Pride 2023, Tate Fountain revisits the minds of Murdoch Keane and Peter Burman for this new, intriguing foray in the lives of two women.
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In 200 Minds — A Response
In review of Katie Shaw’s ‘In 200 Minds’ gorm hendo contemplates the idea of intention vs. interpretation and pulls out unexpected threads of art from their own life.
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1.5 to 5mls
Damien Levi would like to apologise in advance to anyone who looks up the sculpture that inspired this work. It’s a lot. Yeehaw cowboy.
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Ancestors in Museums
Moana Murray writes across the ocean, to ancestors held against their will in foreign lands who were taken unwilling.
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Little Creatures
In ekphrastic form Jackson McCarthy revels in the procession of creatures revelling in Fiona Lee Graham’s ‘Nature’s Calling’.
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narcissus by caravaggio, oil on canvas
When you have this much in common with someone, loving them is really loving yourself twice. Sometimes, it’s okay to fall into the water.
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From the Editor — A 2024 Reflection
Lead editor Damien Levi tries to sum up bad apple’s 2024 in retrospect, with a selection of ten pieces to read over the summer.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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