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A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand
Written by Eleanor Wenman, originally published in Asia Media Centre
May 12, 2021
A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand
Written by Eleanor Wenman, originally published in Asia Media Centre
May 12, 2021
“Like writing, identity is an ongoing act of discovery. So is reading.”
The words that open the new anthology A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand are a promise for the rest of the book, the first-ever anthology of Asian-New Zealand writing.
“I think, you know, the name of the anthology - A Clear Dawn - is really a dawn. It's the beginning.” writer and co-editor of the book, Alison Wong, says.
Wong and author Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngai Whatua) edited the collection, bringing poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, and creative nonfiction from 75 different people.
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