Happy birthday to a lesbian feminist with working-class ideals
Redmer Yska
Redmer Yska is a Wellington writer and historian.
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Short story: Dancing with Michael Joseph, by Renée
"He was a good dancer": New Zealand, in the time of the supper waltz .
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Renée, 90, on her first week in self-isolation
The much-loved Wellington author Renée, who wrote about going into self-isolation last week, details her week in the Great Indoors.
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Renée, 90, wishes to self-isolate
An essay by Wellington writer Renée on the joys of self-isolating: "Everyone gives old people soap or chutney."
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Novelist faces the wreck of life in state care
Otaki writer Renée reveals the personal circumstances behind her new crime novel The Wild Card.
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Book of the week: How to be the wife of an All Black
Renée celebrates the remarkable personal essay collection by Linda Burgess.