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UNPOSTED, AUTUMN LEAVES IBD

STEPHEN OLIVER
GREYWACKE PRESS
03 / 2021
9780646833118
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Sinopsis

OliverâÇÖsáUnposted, Autumn Leaves-A Memoir In Essays, begins with his childhood growing up in the hilly suburb of Brooklyn-west, Wellington, New Zealand, in the 50s and 60s. He attended St. BernardâÇÖs Primary School, Brooklyn, then Marist Brothers, Newtown, and finally, St. PatrickâÇÖs College, Cambridge Terrace. This period is extensively covered, including his post-schooldays, right through to the close of the 60s, in a Wellington that no longer exists, captured in the essaysáTalk, Chalk And Asphalt Days, âÇÖA Big Fruity Guy ...âÇÖ,áA Small Matter Of Demolition, A Nostalgia For Books,áandáGnosis, A Spark.There are essays on travel.áOne Day in the Life of Richard Ramosárecalls San Francisco in 1979, andáOne Day In the Life of Vicki Viidikasácovers Sydney from the mid to late 80s.áGulls Dreaming at the Mast,áandáThe River Runs Backwardsáconsiders Irish cultural history as it relates to the life and times of OliverâÇÖs great grandfather, Thomas McCormack, who emigrated from Ireland to Australia, and later as a young man, sailed from Melbourneáaboard theáS.S.áRingaroomaáto Port Chalmers, Dunedin, in 1877.áUnposted, Autumn Leavesácounterpoints much that can be found in his epic poem,áIntercolonialá(2013) which âÇÖreaffirms OliverâÇÖs status as our leadingátranstasmanápoet.âÇÖ