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Hamill, Madison,

Specimen : personal essays / Madison Hamill. - Wellington, New Zealand : Victoria University of Wellington Press, 2020. - 231 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

The new leadership -- Suspending belief -- Rules -- Speculative fiction -- The scare-cat -- Khayelitsha Takeaway -- Wo(und)man -- Bloodhounds -- Specimen -- Iceland -- The participant -- I will never hit on you -- Adventure time -- Brief intervention -- Ethnography of a Ranfurly man -- The wilderness.

"A father rollerblading to church in his ministerial robes, a university student in a leotard sprinting through fog, a trespass notice from Pak'nSave, a beautiful unborn goat in a jar ... In scenarios ranging from the mundane to the surreal, Madison Hamill looks back at her younger selves with a sharp eye. Was she good or evil? Ignorant or enlightened? What parts of herself did she give up in order to forge ahead in school, church, work, and relationships, with a self that made sense to others?"--Inside back cover.

ISBN: 9781776563012 1776563018

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019939501 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hamill, Madison--Anecdotes.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors, New Zealand--Biography.--21st century--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Anecdotes.

LC Class. No.: PR9639.4.H36 / S64 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 824.3