Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
An Exploration of the Rise and Fall of Alt-Lit by Ada Wofford
Part two of A Critical Examination of 21st Century Poetry. Introduction Oscar Wilde once famously stated that, “All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be...
The Write Life With Clare Morris
On bilingualism, innate hybridity and loss
Clara Burghelea speaks about the struggle and the freedom of writing in a second language.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Earth – Ben Hession
wings outstretched at fate’s final kick,
drawn by the wet light of a simulacrum,
a loosened parable of brightness, his
in flesh and bone, but insect-like, he drifts
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Emma Lee interviews Feature Poet, Bill Cushing
Emma Lee hooked up with feature poet Bill Cushing, teacher and author of the recent collection, A Former Life'
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Her Lost Language’ by Jenny Mitchell -Reviewed
Her Lost Language' by Jenny Mitchell -Reviewed by Nusrat M Haider
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Birds with Horse Hearts’ by Eleanor Walsh -Reviewed.
Birds with Horse Hearts' by Eleanor Walsh -Reviewed by Nusrat M Haider
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The scandalous mathematics of grace
Susan Howard writes about what affects her and what she observes in NZ and on the world stage.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Broome Speak by Nadia Rhook
Nadia Rhook is a white settler historian, educator, and poet.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
this hall of several tortures’ by Reuben Woolley -Reviewed
this hall of several tortures’ by Reuben Woolley -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
small inheritances’ by belinda zhawi -Reviewed
small inheritances' by belinda zhawi -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Tea with Cardamom’ by Warda Yassin -Reviewed
Tea with Cardamom' by Warda Yassin -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
In Nearby Bushes’ by Kei Miller -Reviewed
In Nearby Bushes' by Kei Miller -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Collision’ by Claire Walker -Reviewed
Collision’ by Claire Walker -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Boys’ by Daniel Edward Moore -Reviewed
Boys' by Daniel Edward Moore -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Skin Memory’ by John Sibley Williams -Reviewed
Skin Memory’ by John Sibley Williams -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Demolition in the Tropics by Rogan Kelly -Reviewed
Demolition in the Tropics by Rogan Kelly -Reviewed by Ada Wofford
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Building a Kingdom New and Selected Poems 1989-2019′ by James W Wood -Reviewed
Building a Kingdom ' by James W Wood -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Exposure’ by Derek Adams -Reviewed
Exposure' by Derek Adams -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Unmarriageable, by Soniah Kamal -Reviewed
Unmarriageable, by Soniah Kamal -Reviewed by Ashini J. Desai
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Passengers’ by Peter W Keeble -Reviewed
Passengers' by Peter W Keeble -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
John Dust’ by Louise Warren -Reviewed
John Dust' by Louise Warren -Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Utopia’ by Peter Cowlam -Reviewed
Utopia' by Peter Cowlam, reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Helen Moore’s The Mother Country’ -Reviewed
Helen Moore's 'The Mother Country' Reviewed by Emma Lee
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Earth Music by Eithne Lannon
Earth Music by Eithne Lannon (Turas Press, 2019) Poetry might be thought of as an endeavour to explore the congruence between two sensitivities:...
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
River Wedding’ by Amlanjyoti Goswami -Reviewed
James Fountain reviews River Wedding by Amlanjyoti Goswami
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The short story of you and I by Richard James Allen -Reviewed
James Fountain reviews The Short Story of You and I by Richard James Allen
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The Situation. Featured Fiction by Dorothy Simmons
Dorothy Simmons is an Irish-Austrailian English/Drama teacher whose first ‘published’ work was a stage play (Murray River Performing Group).
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The shorthand test.
Ben Verinder is the biographer of the adventurer and writer Mary Burkett.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The Clockwork Box – Featured Poet Anthony Lawrence
Anthony Lawrence's most recent collection 'Headwaters,' (Pitt Street Poetry, 2016) won the 2017 Prime Ministers Literary Awards (Poetry)
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Twice Exiled by Greg Michaelson
Greg Michaelson's novel The Wave Singer (Argyll, 2008) was shortlisted for a Scottish Arts Council/Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust First Book Award
The Nib's Featured Writer
Blood. Featured Writer Brian Kirk
Brian Kirk's short fiction chapbook It’s Not Me, It’s You won the inaugural Southword Fiction Chapbook Competition
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
2 Poems by Glen Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard had a poem entered for the Forward Prize 2018
The Nib's Featured Writer
The Duck (a story in five parts)
Reyna Marder Gentin's novel, Unreasonable Doubts came, out in November, 2018,
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Searching for Luna by Andrew Stiggers
Andrew Stiggers is a short fiction writer from Auckland, New Zealand.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Love Numbers
Yi-Wen Huang is from Taiwan and an Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at UNM-Gallup.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
One Man’s Cliché
Hibah Shabkhez is a writer of the half-yo literary tradition
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Sociopath by Terese Coe
Terese Coe's collection Shot Silk was short-listed for the 2017 Poets Prize
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