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Possibilism
In this poem remembering a tramping trip in the South Island, Anthony Baker writes about meeting someone and feeling a whole world open up.
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When I open the shop by romesh dissanayake
Hannah Patterson reviews romesh dissanayake’s debut novel ‘When I open the shop’. In which she finds grief, hope, ill-timed hookups, carrot salad and a rainy Remutaka Ranges road trip—among many other things.
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The Ocean Dome
In Miyazaki, Japan, 1993, the Ocean Dome’s retractable roof slid open and the sun bathed the artificial landscape. For Billie Angus, the Ocean Dome still stands as an enduring presence on the periphery—their feet buried in its sand.
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Satisfaction of Touch (A Response to ‘Our Jurisdiction’)
Eliana Gray tries to move along “through spaces of physical reality and psychological stipulations,” in this review of dance work ‘Our Jurisdiction’.
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Before Karma Gets Us: Magic, Chaos, and Clowns
Magic, dance, music, monologue and everything else in between. gorm hendo is left in stitches from laughing in this review of ‘Before Karma Gets Us’.
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Plastic by Stacey Teague
Through the pages of Stacey Teague’s new poetry collection, ‘Plastic’, Isla Huia holds her breath. When the final poem ends, she comes back up for air to share her thoughts.
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Centurian (2023)
In this poem, Jason Lingard recalls a trip to a gay sauna that is both passionate and a bit awkward.
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Local Immortals
Gay blackmail, bloodshed, and… art? Kate Wilkinson-Smith’s bad apple debut is a ghost story, not a love story.