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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'In The Best Australian Essays 2015, Geordie Williamson compiles the year's outstanding short non-fiction. Read Helen Garner on condescension, DBC Pierre on travel, Ceridwen Dovey on autobiography, Tim Winton on injury, Anna Krien on first love, and Nicolas Rothwell on the northern coast. With bracing essays on politics, music, literature, history, art, sport and more, this impressive anthology will entrance, stimulate and entertain.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Confronting the Unthinkable in Goya's Art, single work essay
- The World Needs Female Rock Critics, single work essay
- No Dogs, No Fruit, No Firearms, No Professors, single work essay
- How You Consist of Trillions of Tiny Machines, single work essay
- Belsen, single work essay
- Strange Weather, single work essay
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Havoc,
single work
autobiography
'A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of helping in traffic accident with his father when he was nine years old in Australia.'
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Bibliomancer : Nick Cave, Writer,
single work
criticism
'Abstract: Gerard Elson goes in search of Nick Cave's inner word nerd, and essays the influence of Vladimir Nabokov, Martin Amis and John Berryman.' (Publication abstract)
- Open Ground, single work essay
- Trigger Warning, single work autobiography
- Malcolm Fraser, single work essay
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'Staying with the Trouble',
single work
essay
'Percy Grainger walked to avoid self-flagellation. David Sedaris walked to placate his Fitbit. Virginia Woolf walked the streets of London, and later the South Downs, endlessly: because she loved it, because she was walking her dogs, because she needed to think clearly. For Henry Thoreau, every walk was a sort of 'crusade'. Sarah Marquis, who walked 16,000 kilometres over three years, sought a return to an essential self: 'You become what nature needs you to be: this wild thing.' Will Self began walking after he gave up heroin, though in his novel Walking to Hollywood (2010) the protagonist walks not to escape addiction but because he fears he has Alzheimer's. This feels familiar. My brother jokes about starting a group called Running Away from Dementia. Sometimes, catching sight of my reflected posture on a walk, I wonder if I am doing the same thing, walking away from fate. If so, could one ever walk fast enough?' (Publication abstract)
- Re-reading the Famous Five and Biggles, single work essay
- The Northern Wilds, single work essay
- Too Many Pills, single work essay
- Fully Present, Utterly Connected, single work essay
- The Informed Imagination, single work essay
- Remote Control, single work essay
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Introduction,
single work
criticism
Note: With title: Seven Poor Men of Sydney
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Go, Little Book,
single work
essay
'The article offers the author's insights on the lesson she learned from being reviewed as an author of the novel "The Legacy," a contemporary adaptation and revision of the book by Henry James titled "Portrait of a Lady." Topics discussed by the author include her experience of writing the novel with a grant from the Australian Council, the positive response of the publisher and the reader to her novel, and how she learned about characters and plots from the perspective of the reviewers.' (Publication abstract)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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April in Nonfiction
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2016;
— Review of Finding Eliza : Power and Colonial Storytelling 2016 multi chapter work criticism ; The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
The Sliding Scale
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
An Eclectic Range of Subject Matter
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , January - March no. 17 2016;
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
Contextualising the Nation
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 December 2015; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2015 2015 anthology short story ; The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
Pushing the Boundaries
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 37) The Saturday Age , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 31)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 2015 anthology essay ; Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story
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Making a Difference
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 November 2015; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
Pushing the Boundaries
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 37) The Saturday Age , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 31)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 2015 anthology essay ; Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story -
Contextualising the Nation
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 December 2015; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2015 2015 anthology short story ; The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
An Eclectic Range of Subject Matter
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , January - March no. 17 2016;
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay -
The Sliding Scale
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
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