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Ghost dance

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<em>Ghost dance</em>

Douglas Wright's autobiography, Ghost dance (2004),  is sometimes described as 'part memoir, part love story'. It describes, in a series of tableaux, his troubled youth and eventual rediscovery of an early passion for dance.

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Reference: Douglas Wright, Ghost dance. Auckland: Penguin, 2004

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Alex Calder, Non-fiction – Becoming at home, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/43303/ghost-dance (accessed 22 June 2026).

Story by Alex Calder, published 11 November 2013.