C.K. Stead

C. K. Stead’s most recent publications are the novel Risk (MacLehose), poems The Yellow Buoy (Arc), and Shelf Life: Reviews, Replies and Reminiscences (Auckland University Press). He is New Zealand’s current (2015–2017) poet laureate. A new collection, <i>Say I Do This</i>, will come from Arc next year.


C.K. Stead's work featured in PN Review comprises one report, 10 contributions of poetry, and four articles, over a period of 39 years. Also available are five reviews of C.K. Stead's work.

Further Reading

Report in PN Review 112 (1996) The Death of a Book
Poetry in PN Review 38 (1984) The Magic Bagwash
Poetry in PN Review 112 (1996) Two Poems
Poetry in PN Review 124 (1998) Three Poems
Poetry in PN Review 174 (2007) Three Poems
Poetry in PN Review 175 (2007) Five Poems
Poetry in PN Review 179 (2008) Three Poems
Poetry in PN Review 183 (2008) Venezuela
Poetry in PN Review 205 (2012) Four Versions of 'Motets' by Eugenio Montale
Poetry in PN Review 231 (2016) Five Poems
Poetry in PN Review 267 (2022) New Poems
Article in PN Review 35 (1984) The Swarm of Human Speech
Article in PN Review 115 (1997) Robert Lowell: History as Happening
Article in PN Review 229 (2016) Charles Tomlinson at Bristol
Article in PN Review 241 (2018) on Allen Curnow

Reviewed by Michael Hulse in PN Review 45 (1985) on Elizabeth Smither, Ian Wedde, C.K. Stead
Reviewed by Michael Hulse in PN Review 49 (1986) on Bill Manhire, C.K. Stead, Kevin Ireland and Albert Wendt
Reviewed by John Crick in PN Review 58 (1987) on C. K. Stead
Reviewed by Peter Riley in PN Review 163 (2005) Short Notes
Reviewed by Evan Jones in PN Review 183 (2008) on Jonty Driver, Janet Frame, Gary Geddes, Richard Outram, A.K. Ramanujan and C.K. Stead
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