27 Nov 2020

250 Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook

From Afternoons, 1:38 pm on 27 November 2020

Poet and scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville joins us to talk about her new book: 250 Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook.

She tells Jesse why it's time for us to stop "hoarding" stories about Cook.

Alice Te Punga Somerville.

Alice Te Punga Somerville. Photo: Supplied.

Captain James Cook painted at the age of 50 by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1776)

Captain James Cook painted at the age of 50 by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1776) Photo: Public domain

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