Serie Barford

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Serie Barford is a performance poet from Auckland, New Zealand. [1] [2]

Her poetry collection, Tapa Talk, was published in 2007 [3] to critical acclaim. [4] [5] She has published four other books of poetry (in 1985, 1989, 2015, [6] and 2021 [7] ). Her poems and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies, among them Mauri Ola, [8] Whetu Moana, [9] Niu Voices, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, Dreadlocks, Writing the Pacific, Trout, Blackmail Press, Snorkel and Best New Zealand Poems. [1] Sleeping with Stones was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. [10]

She has Samoan, European and Algonquin Indian ancestry. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Academy of New Zealand Literature. "Serie Barford" . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Read-NZ.org. "Serie Barford" . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Barford, Serie (2007). Tapa Talk. New Zealand: Huia Books. ISBN   9781869693190. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Dunsford, Cath Koa. "Review of Tapa Talk Poetry Collection by Serie Barford". Edition. Asia and Pacific Writers Network. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Robert Sullivan (2010). "Reviewed Work(s): Tapa Talk by Serie Barford; A Well Written Body by Karlo Mila and Delicia Sampero". The Contemporary Pacific. 22 (2): 488–491. JSTOR   23724841 . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Anahera Press. "'Make your hair like a Pālagi' by Serie Barford" . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Anahera Press. "Book launch: Sleeping with Stones by Serie Barford" . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Wendt, Albert; Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Robert, eds. (September 2010). Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Auckland: Auckland UP. ISBN   9781869404482.
  9. ↑ Wendt, Albert; Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Robert, eds. (December 2002). Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English. Auckland Univ Press. ISBN   9781869402730.
  10. ↑ "Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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