Partway through Nicholas Reid’s review of Manifesto Aotearoa: 101 Political Poems, he admits “…an anthology tempts me to play favourites and name the selections I found really striking.” Among the poems he singles out is one by Ivy Alvarez.
A poem that really shook me was Ivy Alvarez’s “Manufacture” (p.65) about the crushing and wearing nature of working on the factory floor…
Read the rest of the review here.
