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A Long Girl Ago
Paperback Edition: 1/2007
MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2008 - POETRY FINALIST
A Long Girl Ago draws on ten years experience and writing. At its heart are three years Aitchison spent living in a remote fishing village in Hokkaido, Japan, where she taught English in junior high and
primary schools and was extensively involved in karaoke and snowboarding. Other poems go back to her previous life, or deal with re-entry into New Zealand society.
Johanna Aitchison was born in the Bay of Islands in 1972. She graduated in Law from the University of Otago (1995) and has worked as a solicitor, barista and legal editor. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University (1997) and is presently a primary school teacher in Waiouru. Her poems have appeared in Sport, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, JAAM, Turbine and Polestar.
Featured in the 15 October 2007 New Zealand newsletter.
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Pages : 72
Publisher : Te Herenga Waka University Pre
Publication date : 2007-10
Subjects: Fiction, NZ Poetry, Poetry, NZ Poetry By Individual Poets, Poetry By Individual Poets