Rupa Maitra

Rupa Maitra lives in Wellington. Her work has previously been published in Takahe, Turbine and Headland. She completed an MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in 2014.

Blog 09

Charles Dickens, Katherine Mansfield, and Writing About What You Know

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Issue 8

Pippa

Pippa stood apart from the groups of parents, in the shadow of a tree. Faded yellow flowers on her dress peeped out from under a heavy brown coat.

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Issue 2

White Noise

There are voices nearby – a stream of chatter from Olivia, with brusque interjections from Aunty Kala. A scuffling noise.

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Issue 6

Prophecies

“The last eight bars are meant to be pianissimo. There’s no way that was pianissimo. ” “You guys are all pianissimo. I have mezzo piano.

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Issue 10

The Two Aunties

When the two aunties from Tauranga come to stay, they don’t just visit; they uproot and transplant themselves.

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