Landfall 238

Emma Neale

• Publisher: Otago University Press
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781988592039
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Art General
• Index: Literature

Showcasing the best of Aotearoa's arts and letters.

Landfall 238 delivers a vibrant mix of new fiction, poetry, essays, and cultural commentary, reflecting the diverse voices and perspectives shaping New Zealand's cultural landscape. Explore award-winning works and discover emerging talents alongside established names.

This issue features the winners of the 2019 Landfall Essay Competition, Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize, and Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry. Dive into thought-provoking pieces that explore identity, history, and the human condition, all while experiencing the unique artistic vision that defines Landfall. Perfect for readers seeking insightful and engaging content from Aotearoa's leading writers and artists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2019 Judge’s Report, Jenny Bornholdt
• Landfall Essay Competition 2019 Judge’s Report, Emma Neale
• Exit. Stage Left., Tobias Buck
• Tender Gardens, Nina Mingya Powles
• Johanna Tells Me to Make a Wish, Helen Lehndorf
• Doctor and Patient Privilege, David Geary
• Your Father Was Also Buried, Chris Stewart
• Faute de Mieux, Whitney Cox
• Meeting Rita, Jenny Powell
• The Poisson Effect, Jenny Powell
• Not All Colours Are Beautiful, Jenny Powell
• The Story about the Wooden Boy, Gail Ingram
• The Place of the Travelling Face, Rachel O’Neill
• Escher, K. Day
• Already, Mark Broatch
• A Whaleboat in Kororareka, Bob Orr
• Magic Hour, Nikki-Lee Birdsey
• Night Builds Her Secret Town, Jade Riordan
• Weightlessness, Claire Orchard
• ART PORTFOLIO, Emil McAvoy
• selfie, Janet Charman
• war memorial at Kohukohu, Janet Charman
• Lewis, Kirstie McKinnon
• what she knows, Peter Le Baige
• Ginevra Views Her Portrait, Janet Wainscott
• Being Sonya, Breton Dukes
• Primavera, Mary Cresswell
• Kurangaituku, Stacey Teague
• Open House, Paolo Caccioppoli
• Never Draw the Blinds, Jeni Curtis
• The Love of the Newcomer, Jodie Dalgleish
• The Long Game, Gillian Roach
• Generations, David Eggleton
• Catch, David Eggleton
• A Milk-cow on Mother’s Day, Cindy Botha
• Rabbit Run, Liz Breslin
• Rabbit, Marisa Cappetta
• I Invite Myself Inside, Emma Barnes
• At Eastern Southland, Michael Steven
• On a Mat at the Bottom of the World, Kay McKenzie Cooke
• Experiment before Monet’s Painting of Waterlilies, John Allison
• Hush Puppies, Lindsay Rabbitt
• Tired Mothers, Louise Wallace
• Portal to the Stars, Iona Winter
• Joan, Corrina Bland
• Bus Lament, Cerys Fletcher
• First Dispatch from the Front, Zoë Meager
• Miniature Worlds, Margaret Moores
• Going into Winter, Johanna Emeney
• Power of the Word, Nicholas Reid
• The Cleaners, Pera Barrett
• ART PORTFOLIO, Nigel Brown
• Bloody Awful, Annie Villiers
• Marguerite Duras at the Tepid Baths, Anna Kate Blair
• The shearer, Janet Newman
• HMS Orpheus, Janet Newman
• The Green Sweater, Lissa Moore
• Spring, Susanna Gendall
• In the Garden Again, Albert Wendt
• The Difference between Midnight and Dawn, Miriama Gemmell
• Family Tree, Miriama Gemmell
• Better Graces, Sam Keenan
• Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2019 Judge’s Report, Dinah Hawken
• The Social Media Cat Got Their Tongues, Gail Ingram
• The Fungibility of Thought, Derek Schulz
• Decolonising the Coastline, Robert Sullivan
• Pram Ride, Robert Sullivan
• Handsfree, Ruth Arnison
• The Right Place, Paul Schimmel
• The Landfall Review
• Landfall Review Online: Books recently reviewed
• Shef Rogers on The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman, ed. Lance Bertelsen
• Steve Braunias on Ghost South Road by Scott Hamilton
• Elizabeth Smither on James K. Baxter: Letters of a poet, ed. John Weir
• Michael Steven on Keeping a Grip by Kevin Ireland, The Moon in a Bowl of Water by Michael Harlow, and One Hundred Poems and a Year by Bob Orr
• Mark Broatch on Pearly Gates by Owen Marshall
• Jocelyn Harris on The Political Years by Marilyn Waring
• David Eggleton on Frances Hodgkins: European journeys, eds Catherine Hammond and Mary Kisler
• Anahera Gildea on Purakau: Maori myths retold by Maori writers, eds Witi Ihimaera & Witi Hereaka
• Contributors
• Landfall Back Page, Holly Craig