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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alie Benge , Kathryn van Beek , Lil O'BrienPublisher: Massey University Press Imprint: Massey University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.818kg ISBN: 9781991016744ISBN 10: 1991016743 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 09 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents11 Famous last words 19 More schlongs, more cats STEFF GREEN 25 Mother issues KERRY SUNDERLAND 35 For the love of aiga AMIE TAUA 41 No masturbation allowed LIL O’BRIEN 51 Send her back MELANIE NEWFIELD 59 How to not be a mother FEBY IDRUS 64 Kingfisher HINEMOANA BAKER 73 Shaping space GABRIELLE AMODEO 83 Selfish DONELLE MCKINLEY 88 Why are there so many songs about rainbows? KATE CAMP 99 Gender rebellion: An Iranian birthright GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN 105 Of wire and cloth GRÁINNE PATTERSON 112 The feminist shelf HAZEL PHILLIPS 118 We’re your mother now HELEN RICKERBY 127 Stranded on a shore I never wanted to visit IONA WINTER 140 Possible names for myself HENRIETTA BOLLINGER 148 Atmosphere LUCY O’CONNOR 158 Auntie in charge JACKIE CLARK 166 The Addington house LILY DUVAL 172 Blinded ANNA BORRIE 176 I am not on a beach KATHRYN VAN BEEK 189 No car, no kids ANDI C. BUCHANAN 194 Benevolent deadbeat baby-daddy JANIE SMITH 200 The child SHANEEL LAL 205 Departure from the motherland LINDA COLLINS 214 This is a lie LORI LEIGH 220 No kidding LINDA ROONEY 228 Another good year MICHAELA TEMPANY 237 Weaving a life horizontally CAROLIJN GUYTONBECK 242 Trunclehood SAM ORCHARD 245 The happy wanderer RAINA NG 251 Another birth GHAZALEH GOL 257 Synchronicity NICOLA BROWN 267 Auntie PAULA MORRIS 277 My favourite girl JAZIAL CROSSLEY 286 DINKs on a plane ALIE BENGE 292 About the editors 293 About the writers 299 AcknowledgementsReviews‘The sheer variety of approaches, both thematic and stylistic, is the primary strength of this collection, making it one of the most thorough and varied personal approaches to this topic to date, both in Aotearoa and elsewhere . . . A vibrant antithesis to the assumption that only biological motherhood can fulfil a life and a testament to the various connections that shape our lives’ — Sara Bucher, Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books ‘This is a book that will resonate with everyone who has found themselves excluded from the traditional conversations around childbearing. It not only deserves a spot on your bookshelf but also on your person, so that the next time someone asks you about children, you can simply hand them this collection.’ — Jackie Lee Morrison, Kete Books Author InformationAlie Benge (she/her) is a New Zealand writer who lives in London. She was the essay editor for takahē and has been published in The Spinoff, Turbine | Kapohau, Pantograph Punch and more. She was joint winner of the 2017 Landfall Essay Competition. Her debut essay collection, Ithaca, was published in 2023. Kathryn van Beek (she/her) is the author of two children’s books and the short story collection Pet (2020), which is also available as a podcast. Her work has appeared in Overland, Landfall, takahē, Newsroom, The Spinoff, Sunday Star-Times and MiNDFOOD. She contributed to Misconceptions, a web series about miscarriage available on the New Zealand Herald website. Kathryn was the 2023 Robert Burns Fellow. Lil O’Brien (she/her) is the author of Not That I’d Kiss a Girl (2020), a beloved Kiwi memoir about coming out during her years at Otago University, among other things. Lil is currently working on the screenplay of Not That I’d Kiss a Girl with South Pacific Pictures. She’s an award-winning freelance copywriter by day, and has had essays published in takahē, The Spinoff and more. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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