Working Class Heroes
Dominic Hoey (1985) and pip adam (Kluge) discuss and celebrate the importance of seeing working class characters and stories on the page. In conversation with Juanita Hepi (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi) they talk about how work, class, and real life collide in literature.
Dominic's most recent novel, 1985 is reviewed on the Spinoff here.
Read words and conversations with pip here.
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Dominic Hoey
Dominic Hoey is a poet, author, youth worker, and small dog owner from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. He’s released three be
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pip adam
He tangata tiriti ahau. Nō Mēhiko, Kōtirana me te iwi Romani tōku tūpuna. Ko pip adam ahau. pip is the author of the nov
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Juanita Hepi
Juanita Hepi, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi, is an artivist, haututū and multidisciplinary storyteller wh
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