HUMOROUS WRITING
Sir-In his review of the revtent Pegasus Press book Take My Tip, David Hall says, "Messrs. Journet and Magurk remind us how seldom we risk trying to be funny; there is Carl V. Smith’s From N to Z--and what else?" It is only fair to point out that A. H. and A. W. Reed have added good humorous books to their New Zealand lists in recent years, notably the Me and Gus yarns and John Brimblecombe’s Shear Nonsense. This may seem a small matter, but it does appear to me that New Zealand humorists have a very hard row to hoe to get even grudging recognition. They deserve better, at least, ‘than to have their ~existence flatly denied. To be sure, Take My TFip-is perhaps the most polished of its kind we have had yet, but that should not stop us giving credit al] round and telling our Smiths, our Journets, our Magurks and our Brimblecombes that we'd like to see more of their work.
DOROTHY
KIRLIN
(Wellington).
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19541112.2.9.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
170HUMOROUS WRITING New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in