January 29, 2020
Talia Marshall picked for writer’s residency
Essayist and poet Talia Marshall has been chosen as the first emerging Māori writer in residence at Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters.
Marshall, from Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Rārua, Rangitāne o Wairau, and Ngāti Takihiku, has written on a diverse range of subjects, including care work in rest homes, Janet Frame, James Baldwin, her father, and the Mervyn Thompson Affair.
Her work has appeared on Newsroom, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, Takahē, and in North & South magazine.
The 41-year-old says while it may be fairly late to be considered emerging, she spent her twenties looking after her son so maybe she should be less whakamā about claiming the post, which comes with a $15,000 stipend.
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