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May 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Denis Johnson

Sad to wake up and hear of the passing of Denis Johnson. What a writer! He was scheduled to be part of this year’s Auckland Writers Festival – the appearance cancelled due to health reasons. And now less than a week later – this news. Tragic. I found Johnson’s books always at the time I […]
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December 5, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Kina Sai

Kina Sai is an Auckland musician who goes under the moniker Sinatra Frank. Here are, ahem, “five films” that say with her… I’ve realised through this exercise I don’t watch movies. The last time I was seriously watching movies was when I was a teenager and when I was a teenager it was the nineties. […]
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