Curved Horizon

‘My parents would have liked a boy, but were content to have another girl. As it turned out, the boys in my age group were to fight in the Second World War, so I might not have survived to write this.’

At a time when Brasch, Fairburn, Glover and others spoke bitterly of the lack of support given to New Zealand artists, how did a single woman from Southland live and work as a writer, establishing herself as a poet and author of international regard? In Curved Horizon, Dallas recounts her remarkable life with the insight and assurance we expect from this most accomplished poet.