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C.K. STEAD NEW ZEALAND
Distinguished poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and Emeritus Professor of English at The University of Auckland C.K. Stead ONZ is the former Poet Laureate and a leading gure in NZ literature. His latest novel is The Necessary Angel.
NEAL STEPHENSON UNITED STATES
Neal Stephenson is the author of award-winning novels and articles on science and technology. He has been Chief Futurist for Magic Leap since 2014. His books include Snow Crash, The Baroque Cycle, and latest The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. nealstephenson.com @nealstephenson
STROMA NEW ZEALAND
Contemporary chamber ensemble, Stroma, comprises players from the NZSO and elsewhere. Performing since 2000, critics have called Stroma “one of the most interesting and original ensembles to have emerged recently”, describing its performances as vibrant and exhilarating. Presented in partnership with Chamber Music NZ.
TERESE SVOBODA UNITED STATES
Guggenheim Fellow Terese Svoboda is the author of six novels, seven poetry collections, a memoir, a book of translation, and Anything That Burns You, a biography of the radical poet Lola Ridge. She has published in The New Yorker, Paris Review, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlantic, and The New York Times. teresesvoboda.com @teresesvoboda
CHRIS SZEKELY NEW ZEALAND
Children’s author Chris Szekely is the rst Ma-ori person to hold the position of Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, following leadership of Manukau City Libraries, one of the fastest growing public libraries in the country. His books include the award-winning Ra-hui, and Rona.
ROSABEL TAN NEW ZEALAND
ALAN TAYLOR SCOTLAND
Alan Taylor is the founding editor of the Scottish Review of Books, and the author of Appointment in Arezzo, a memoir on Muriel Spark. A former Booker Prize judge, he has written for the TLS, The New Yorker and
The Melbourne Age, and edited four anthologies as well as Glasgow: The Autobiography. Supported by Heartland Bank.
SONYA RENEE TAYLOR UNITED STATES
Sonya Renee Taylor is an author,
poet, spoken word artist, speaker, humanitarian and social justice activist, educator, and founder of The Body is Not An Apology movement. Taylor has won multiple National and International poetry slams, including the US National Individual Poetry Slam. sonyareneetaylor.com @sonyareneepoet
TE RADAR NEW ZEALAND
Te Radar is a satirist, documentary maker, failed gardener and amateur historian. Travelling to Antarctica in 2012 inspired his latest show Antarcticana, a comedic celebration of all things Antarctic, at this year’s NZ Comedy Festival. Radarwebsite.com @teradar
“Radical, modernist, ery, glamorous, feminist—adjectives and categories can only gesture toward the enduringly signi cant life and works of the poet Lola Ridge, whose story has been gracefully told, with her poems lucidly understood, by Terese Svoboda.” —Robert Pinsky
anything that
burns you
a portrait of
lola ridge, radical poet
by terese svoboda
INTRODUCTION BY MOLLY CRABAPPLE, AUTHOR OF DRAWING BLOOD
Rosabel Tan is the founding editor of arts and culture journal The Pantograph Punch and director of Satellites, showcasing the best contemporary Asian artists in
Ta- maki Makaurau. Her work has been published in Paperboy, Sport, The Spinoff and Tell You What: Great New Zealand Non ction 2017.
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