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Our Mothers Called Us Little Fish,
single work
autobiography
'I remember December days like this on the beach at McCrae. The clouds heavy and low, the air quiet as dust, the odd breeze lazily pushing the warmth around. Rumblings of unseen sky planes above the high cloud. The tense summer air waiting.' (Introduction)
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Bringing the Classics Back to Schools,
single work
essay
'We live in troubled times, but some shocks are more unexpected than others. Amanda Foreman, a writer and academic most notable for her best-selling biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, sustained a great shock recently.' (Introduction)
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A Mate's Take on Rudd’s Call to Arms,
single work
review
— Review of Not for the Faint-hearted : A Reflection On Life, Politics and Purpose 2017 single work autobiography ;'Kevin Rudd is back. Last week he was blitzing the country with a whirlwind book tour, having flown in from New York where he continues his post-prime-ministerial life as President of the Asia Society. He is promoting volume one of his autobiography entitled Not for the Faint-hearted. I caught up with him at Australian National University where he met in conversation with Stan Grant in front of a large crowd.' (Introduction)
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The Gift of the Shell and the Empty Box,
single work
review
— Review of Can You Hear the Sea? My Grandmother's Story 2017 single work biography ;'Brenda Niall's biographies characteristically begin with simple and enigmatic stories, whose significance becomes clearer as the book develops. This sympathetic exploration of her grandmother's life takes its point of departure in two of her possessions. The first is a wooden box made for Aggie Maguire by her brother as they sailed from Liverpool to Australia. In 1940 she gave the box to Brenda.' (Introduction)
- Televisioni"Looking at this television", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Radioi"The radio", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Pancakesi"Losing a stack of weight", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Godi"You were my god", single work poetry (p. 58)
- Traini"Sitting here waiting for the train", single work poetry (p. 58)
- Peni"With this cheap yucky pen", single work poetry (p. 59)
- Toolsi"Even when you give me tools", single work poetry (p. 59)
- Bossyi"Sorry to be bossy", single work poetry (p. 59)
- Sentencei"How I hate this terrible sentence", single work poetry (p. 59)
- Cuti"I feel cut", single work poetry (p. 60)
- Bedi"In bed", single work poetry (p. 60)
- Puzzlei"I feel even more puzzled", single work poetry (p. 60)
- Palacei"How I hate this place", single work poetry (p. 61)
- Hopei"High hopes", single work poetry (p. 61)
- Vending Machinei"As I go past this fattening vending machine", single work poetry (p. 61)
- Slowi"Slowly getting a feel for things", single work poetry (p. 61)