tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post501982629891049915..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Nigel Cox on Alan DuffStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-56700717772817004962011-10-24T17:59:04.794+13:002011-10-24T17:59:04.794+13:00Reading Chapter 3 of Alan Duff's Maori The Cri...Reading Chapter 3 of Alan Duff's Maori The Crisis and the Challenge: describes it completely down to the "Hahahahaha." Maybe his prose might not be the best but I will read further to see where he gets his insight from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-68937743664354565952011-10-20T15:55:08.499+13:002011-10-20T15:55:08.499+13:00Thanks for the thanks, Steve. And yes, it's a ...Thanks for the thanks, Steve. And yes, it's a good piece. Nice to see these things holding up so well so long after.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-34859069102561684612011-10-20T00:27:23.175+13:002011-10-20T00:27:23.175+13:00Thanks for posting this terrific essay Stephen. Gr...Thanks for posting this terrific essay Stephen. Great to read such high quality thinking and writing about NZ literature. This is especially brilliant: "Gears crash as another sentence grinds its way up a molehill, big subjects go flashing past like hoardings...That’s Duff’s biggest problem as a writer and as a cultural phenomenon: he can’t afford to pause and think. He has to produce." You can say that again. Nudge nudge etc.Steve Brauniasnoreply@blogger.com