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First known date:
2015...
no.
373
August
2015
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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* Contents derived from the 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Counting the Bees : Death and Regret in Clive James's New Poetry,
single work
review
— Review of Sentenced to Life 2015 selected work poetry ;'Clive James’s series of memoirs began in 1980 with the Unreliable one. Thirty-five years and four more very funny books later, the Five Lives of Clive have been rounded with a sixth: a slim volume of poems. It is probably also the most reliable, as if, paradoxically, James took more poetic licence when working in prose. The prevailing tone is a long way from the hilarious self-deprecation of the memoirs. Of course, the knowledge that one is to die tomorrow – or at best next year – concentrates the mind. That impending death, and the guilts and regrets that accompany it, belong to the category of what James calls ‘deeper considerations’ in his recent (and indispensable) collection of essays, Poetry Notebook (2014).' (9) - Barbarian Studiesi"Weather in which I might be", single work poetry (p. 12)
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Speaking Out,
single work
review
— Review of Silent Shock : The Men Behind the Thalidomide Scandal and an Australian Family’s Long Road to Justice 2015 single work autobiography ; (p. 18) - Letter from Athens, single work prose (p. 20-23)
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No Mirage,
single work
review
— Review of Archipelago of Souls 2015 single work novel ; (p. 25) -
Whitewash,
single work
review
— Review of Crow's Breath 2015 selected work short story ; (p. 26) -
The Scientist of His Own Experience : A Profile of Gerald Murnane',
single work
biography
'he town of Goroke (population six hundred) stands almost exactly between Melbourne and Adelaide, in the Wimmera region of Victoria. It is, in many ways, a typical small country town. If you drive there in the morning during late spring or early summer, you’ll need to slow the car to avoid kangaroos on the road. Magpies are everywhere. Horses and other livestock mope and sway in front and backyard paddocks just off the main street. Everyone knows everyone, and newcomers to the town, often short of money and used to hardship, either find their niche or move on.' (Introduction 28)Note: still images
- Critic of the Month : Alison Croggon, single work interview (p. 46)
- A Boxi"All those years", single work poetry (p. 50)
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Review : Women He's Undressed,
single work
review
— Review of Women He's Undressed 2015 single work film/TV biography ; (p. 53) -
Thea Astley's It's Raining in Mango,
single work
review
— Review of It's Raining in Mango : Pictures from the Family Album 1987 selected work short story ;'It’s Raining in Mango: Pictures from the Family Album was first published in 1987, on the eve of the bicentenary of white settlement in Australia, when many versions of the story of Australia were advanced and debated. Thea Astley’s book presents a family, the Laffeys, as a microcosm of the national story. It is a novel made up of stories told by Connie, an ageing woman, as she mulls over ‘pictures from the family album’, covering a period from the 1860s to the 1980s.' (Introduction)
Note:As 'Reading Australia: "It's Raining in Mango" by Thea Astley'.
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Shimmering Questions,
single work
review
— Review of Peripheral Vision 2015 selected work short story ; (p. 58) -
More Vogel Verve,
single work
review
— Review of When There's Nowhere Else to Run 2015 selected work short story ; (p. 59) -
Review : Lion Attack!,
single work
review
— Review of Lion Attack! 2015 single work prose ; (p. 61) -
The Constant Whisper of Type,
single work
review
— Review of Crankhandle : Notebooks November 2010-June 2012 2015 selected work poetry ; Stone Grown Cold 2015 selected work poetry ; Aurelia 2015 selected work poetry ; Dirty Words 2015 selected work poetry ; (p. 61-62) - Open Page with Sofie Laguna, single work interview (p. 64)
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