Welcome to the April issue! Highlights include:
- Colin Golvan on Albert Namatjira’s copyright
- Elizabeth McMahon on NZ literature
- Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews The Refugees
- Open Page with Ashley Hay
- Andrew Fuhrmann on Paul Robeson
- News from the Editor’s desk
April 2017, no. 390
Andrew Fuhrmann reviews 'No Way but This: In Search of Paul Robeson' by Jeff Sparrow
Is it surprising that Jeff Sparrow should write a book on Paul Robeson, the great American singer who was also a civil rights activist, a man of the left, and the most celebrated Othello of the twentieth century? Sparrow is a broadcaster and columnist, but he is also ...
Beejay Silcox reviews '4321' by Paul Auster
The American critic Adam Gopnik writes: ‘Nothing is more American than our will to make the enormous do the work of the excellent. We have googly eyes for gargantuan statements.’ Paul Auster’s long-awaited novel, 4321, is a gargantuan statement. At almo ...
'The Copyright of Albert Namatjira' by Colin Golvan
You see them driving from Kings Canyon to Alice Springs, the majestic ghost white river gums depicted so faithfully in the paintings of Albert Namatjira. You would think you were looking at a Namatjira painting. And then there is the vista of the craggy hills of the West McDonnell Ranges in their mysterious blue hue – a signature feature of Namatjira’s art.
Elizabeth McMahon reviews 'A History of New Zealand Literature' edited by Mark Williams
A History of New Zealand Literature is a rewarding collection replete with the pleasure of new information that is both strange and strangely familiar. I commend it for both its intrinsic interest and, for Australian readers in particular, as one means of red ...
