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Contents
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What a Swell Party This Could Be,
single work
review
— Review of How Do You Know Chris? 2020 single work film/TV ; (p. 13) Section: Review -
Painter’s Eye and a Poet’s Ear,
single work
review
— Review of One Day I'll Remember This : Diaries 1987-1995 2020 single work diary ;'Helen Garner’s diaries have always been some kind of overriding preoccupation for this writer who breaks down the barrier between fiction and nonfiction. Forty years ago her detractors declared of Monkey Grip, arguably the most game-changing novel in Australian history, that it was simply her diaries regurgitated and dressed up as art.' (Introduction)
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy,
single work
review
— Review of Only Happiness Here : In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim 2020 single work biography ;'Gabrielle Carey’s new book about forgotten Australian novelist Elizabeth von Arnim is a much-needed antidote to the seriousness of modernist fiction, writes Beejay Silcox'
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An Unsparing Eye and Lucent Sight,
single work
review
— Review of Watsonia: A Writing Life 2020 collected work essay ;'Don Watson is a preacher. The boy has flushed religion out of himself but the Presbyterian genes ensure he remains a fierce believer, and preacher. He does the gamut: eulogies, jeremiads, lamentations, moral expositions.' (Introduction)
- A Country Parki"There are no unit blocks stacked densely", single work poetry (p. 16)
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Lost and Found,
single work
review
— Review of The Fifth Season 2020 single work novel ;'Though it may seem so for many emerging from lockdown, loneliness has not always been a fact of life. Bonds between family, community and broader society were, for better or worse, stronger in the past than they are today.' (Introduction)
- Dogs in Spacei"Somewhere in Patagonia, an old man carries an axe, and a kitten blows like", single work poetry (p. 18) Section: Review