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1 Small Acts of Love and Devotion Dominic Amerena , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology 2019 2019; (p. 9-13)
1 Just Maybe Dominic Amerena , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 158 2019; (p. 100-104)
1 In Real Life Dominic Amerena , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2019;

'When I am not writing my novel, In Real Life, I edit tender documents for firms in the construction industry. I am seconded to skyscrapers across the country, writing copy for road pavers, train station constructers, and level crossing removalists. I activate passive sentences and remove dangling infinitives and double spaces left at the ends of sentences. I wear monochrome shirts and a single pair of Versace suit pants that I found, miraculously, for $24 at the Southern Cross TK Maxx.'  (Introduction)
1 Atlantic Black : AS Patric’s Masterful Trip to Doom Dominic Amerena , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 November 2017;
— Review of Atlantic Black A. S. Patrić , 2017 single work novel
1 Help Me Harden My Heart Dominic Amerena , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2017 2017; (p. 71-82)

'I’m scrubbing the word SCUM off the front door of our house. I wipe so hard that my wrists start to ache, but the red letters remain bold and bright, their edges dripping as if they’re bleeding.' (71)
1 The Leaching Layer Dominic Amerena , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 393 2017; (p. 27, 29-32)
1 Desert, Picket Fences Both Become a Kind of Prison Dominic Amerena , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18 March 2017; (p. 20) 'A strong sense of place is a vital characteristic of our national literary imagination. Whether it’s the outback, the bush, the beach or the city, place frames and shapes the stories we tell. It is something darker in two interesting Australian novels, Cassandra Austin’s All Fall Down and Rebekah Clarkson’s debut Barking Dogs. Here place is a stultifying prison, an antagonist to overcome.' (Introduction)
1 Delving into the Literary Recluse’s Domain Dominic Amerena , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 25)
— Review of Wood Green Sean Rabin , 2016 single work novel ; The Last Days of Ava Langdon Mark O'Flynn , 2016 single work novel
1 Book Review: Elspeth Muir's Memoir Wasted : A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death Dominic Amerena , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 23 July 2016;
— Review of Wasted : A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane Elspeth Muir , 2016 single work autobiography 'In 2009 Elspeth Muir's 21-year-old brother Alexander jumped from the Story Bridge into the Brisbane River, after a night of heavy drinking. His body was found three days later, with a blood-alcohol reading of 0.25, almost five times the legal limit. ...'
1 A Trip to the Limits of Language Dominic Amerena , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 January 2016; (p. 26) The Age , 30-31 January 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of Dodge Rose Jack Cox , 2015 single work novel
1 How to Cut a Long Story Short Dominic Amerena , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australia , 22-23 October 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of Their Brilliant Careers : The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers Ryan O'Neill , 2016 selected work short story
1 Young Writer Bares All in Internet Age Dominic Amerena , 2015 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 May 2015; (p. 26) The Saturday Age , 9-10 May 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Lion Attack! Oliver Mol , 2015 single work prose
1 Taking Seriously Aboriginal Knowledge as Philosophy Dominic Amerena , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2014;
— Review of Reading the Country : Introduction to Nomadology Stephen Muecke , 1984 anthology prose
1 Nu Disco Dominic Amerena , 2009 single work prose
— Appears in: Otoliths , 1 November no. 15 2009;
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