In this episode I speak with Madison Hamill about her incredible collection of essays Specimen published by Victoria University Press.

Madison Hamill (Photograph by Ebony Lamb)

Specimen is a magnificent book. I enjoyed it a great deal. The essays are compelling and often ground-breaking in their form. They do that wonderful of thing of

Madison Hamill is based in Wellington. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her work has appeared in The Spinoff, Sweet Mammalian, Turbine Kapohau and Pantograph Punch.

Madison has a great website  and her Instagram account includes illustrated fragmented essays.

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