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Anne-Marie Te Whiu
‘Carry the sound of all the people we come from’: Nafanua Purcell Kersel in conversation with Anne-Marie Te Whiu
In 2019, I found myself in a classroom at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington sitting alongside 15 other Māori and Pasifika writers doing the CREW 256 course, led by Victor Rodger. One of those students whose writing stopped me in my tracks was Nafanua Purcell Kersel. Our shared journey to publication sings synchronicities in terms of timing and our chosen artist for the cover design of our debut poetry collections. Both of us unknowingly selected pieces by the remarkable artist, Momoe i manu ae ala atea’e Tasker.
Posted in INTERVIEWS
Tagged Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Nafanua Purcell Kersel
Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn reviews Anne-Marie Te Whiu and J. Marahuyo
Two debut poetry collections stuck with me as outliers in the 2025 publishing landscape: Mettle by Anne-Marie Te Whiu and crying gorgeously; 4:37 am by J. Marahuyo, both of which stand apart in their eclectic subject matter and formal experimentation. Cleaving apart taboos and encrypting them into emojis, concrete poems and ancestral languages, these collections deal with everything from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to deep sea phenomena, the messiness of sex to family violence.
Posted in BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged Anne-Marie Te Whiu, J. Marahuyo, Jazz Money, Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn
Petrichor in the Afternoon
my rescue dog barks at the front door one of us opens it on the other side a tall young man in efficient trousers and a crisp polo shirt emblazoned by lightning bolt logo his stormed umber eyes belong to …
Posted in 120: DIALOGUE
Tagged Anne-Marie Te Whiu
REMEMBER Editorial
Remembering requires an intermediary to obtain a form and a content. It might be a family or here a poet, it is unceasing as a task and not an artefact.
Posted in ESSAYS
Tagged Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Micaela Sahhar
Submission to Cordite 116: REMEMBER
How is memory assailed by states, by time, by the formation of institutional practices of commemoration? Alessandro Portelli once wrote that oral testimonies ‘are not always fully reliable … Rather than being a weakness, this is however, their strength: errors, …
Posted in GUNCOTTON
Tagged Alessandro Portelli, Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Kent MacCarter
Fair Trade: a way to RE/order /imagine /code the world
It was August 2017 and the location was The Tibetan Kitchen on Brunswick Street in Meanjin, Brisbane.
Posted in ESSAYS
Tagged Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Anahera Gildea, Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Ellen van Neerven, Evelyn Araluen, Haunani-Kay Trask, Joy Harjo, Lana Lopesi, Layli Long Soldier, Leanne Betasamasoke Simpson, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Moana Jackson, Natalie Harkin, Sam Wagan Watson, Sigbjørn Skåden, Simon Ortiz, Tony Birch, Toyah Webb
Further than Jonah
Mostly I just thought it was a really funny character my ears were the first to leave heading off without packing anything lobes tired of hanging on waiting to hear something different tired of listening to the same old same …
Posted in 100: BROWNFACE
Tagged Anne-Marie Te Whiu
Andy Jackson Reviews Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word
Is an anthology greater than the sum of its parts? Does it effectively capture its milieu? Who’s been included, who left out? Is it genuinely of the moment? Will it endure?
Posted in BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged Amanda Stewart, Anahera Gildea, Andy Jackson, Ania Walwicz, Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Arielle Cottingham, Behrouz Boochani, Claire G Coleman, David Stavanger, eddy burger, Emily Crocker, Evelyn Araluen, Grace Taylor, Hani Abdile, ian mcbryde, Jennifer Compton, Ken Arkind, Lionel Fogarty, Pi O, Quan Yeomans, Rhyan Clapham, Sean O’Callaghan, Te Kahu Rolleston
dəˈmɛstɪk
police car in the driveway bed unmade since yesterday blue and red lights up the street not far to fall Christmas induced abuse flee home at midnight leave behind kids and plants to be watered able to walk but not …
Posted in 89: DOMESTIC
Tagged Anne-Marie Te Whiu
