Poverty and Economic Inequality

Moving Through the Streets (hopefully on the way to a creative writing class)

~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Moving Through the Streets, Joseph Veramu, 1994

  • Fiji, #4
  • $9.49 from alibris.com
  • Read January 2016
  • Rating: 1.5/5
  • Opening Line: The burly man wearing an undersized yellow tee-shirt that accentuated his bulging biceps and chest cast a warning look at Sakaraia before he took hold of his hand and stamped it with the ‘pass in’ mark.
  • Recommended for: credulous delinquents

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The Whale Rider and Once Were Warriors: Maori identity in modern New Zealand

~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 5 Comments

The Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera, 1987

  • New Zealand, # 8
  • Paperback, borrowed from Brent Library, London
  • Read June 2015
  • Rating: 5/5
  • Recommended for: optimistic environmentalists

Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff, 1990

  • New Zealand, #9
  • Kindle, £7.19
  • Read May 2015
  • Rating: 4/5
  • Opening line: Bastard, she’d think, looking out her back kitchen window.
  • Recommended for: pessimistic social justice warriors
  • Not recommended for: The faint of heart

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