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April 28, 2024 67 mins

In this episode I talk with romesh dissanayake.

romesh's amazing novel when I open the shop (Te Herenga Waka University Press) was launched about a month ago.

I was really grateful that romesh and I were able to have a chat. I asked romesh to bring along an object as a way into a conversation about his book and this stage of its publication. romesh suggested Água Viva by Clarice Lispector.

It was such a great conversation.

Here are some links about some of the things we talk about:

Trying to Keep it Sacred: A conversation with Olive Nuttall & romesh dissanayake in Starling

Louise Wallace – On poetic form in romesh dissanayake’s novel When I open the shop in The Poetry Shelf

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