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1 On Dance Gay Lynch , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 25 no. 2 2021;
1 [Review] This Place You Know Gay Lynch , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Life Writing , vol. 18 no. 4 2021; (p. 617-621)

— Review of This Place You Know Christina Houen , 2019 single work biography

'It would be unbearable to think this story should lie untold. Drawn from her mother’s personal memoir and her own memories and archives, Houen writes about their hardworking passionate lives in a Godforsaken but picturesque patch of marginal land on the banks of the Murrumbidgee in Hay, NSW. Water shortage then was a family battle and now it is a national and global one, with foreign water ownership in the Murray-Darling basin at 20.9% (Chan 2019).' (Introduction)

1 The Yellow Scarf Gay Lynch , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2021;
1 On Work Gay Lynch , 2021 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 80 no. 2 2021;
1 The Stella Shortlist : Your Guide to 2021’s Powerful, Emotional Books Donna Lee Brien , Julia Prendergast , Julienne Van Loon , Gay Lynch , Catherine McKinnon , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 April 2021;
1 Book Review : ​In Search of The Woman Who Sailed the World Gay Lynch , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November no. 12 2020;

— Review of In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World Danielle Clode , 2020 single work biography
1 Transcendent Time Gay Lynch , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , April no. 58 2020;
1 2 y separately published work icon Unsettled Gay Lynch , Balmain : Ligature , 2019 18446860 2019 single work novel historical fiction

'The unsettled South Australian frontier near Mount Gambier is a strange and difficult place for a Galway family trying to make sense of their new world.

'Rosanna and brother Skelly long to escape. Their older brother Edwin races against poets in steeplechases and schemes over cattle, carts and cards to get ahead. They are all half in love with a visiting priest and a disturbing Irish play about their ancestors. 

'When she goes to work at a nearby station, Rosanna is caught up in a string of events—throwing a horserace, the allure of a visiting actor, violent threats to her Boandik friends, and the wreck of the Admella—that lead to a reckoning with the land, its histories, its religions and its ancient and recent cultures.'

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1 Roq and the Rabbit Gay Lynch , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 2 2019; (p. 104)
1 On Apples Gay Lynch , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Island , no. 158 2019; (p. 84-89)
'Why do I eat apples, preferably Red Delicious, every day at 4 pm? Why do I classify bodies on the street into apples and pears? In between my thoughts on apple virtues and varieties creep discordant images of sin and temptation, the Fall and death - body shape and image. Something has upset my apple cart.' (Introduction)
1 Writing Life as a Method of Discovery Gay Lynch , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 50 2018;

'The death of an aunt, criminal charges against her daughter, and family management of that crisis drove me into research. The charge together with the press coverage of the case brought collective family shame. I wrote first to understand my cousin’s plight and secondly to avoid conflict with my father. Most writers draw on experiences shared with or contested by others. Some transform source characters in order to analyse ideas in cognitive mode but at arm’s length; others write to bear witness. Life writers frequently write perceivably true accounts. This paper will assert writers right to research experiences that belong to others whilst respecting vulnerable subjects. It relies on Anna Denejkina’s proposed model exo-autoethnography – that is writing trauma vicariously suffered through family or personal connections – for the purpose of representing and clarifying complex problems, short-circuiting authorial paralysis, and expanding empathy.'  (Publication abstract)

1 Take Deep Breaths Gay Lynch , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Meniscus , October vol. 5 no. 2 2017; (p. 125)
1 If You Hear a Baby Crying Gay Lynch , 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2017; (p. 318-327)

Epigraph: The essay attempts to surround something - a subject, a mood, a problematic irritation - by coming at it from all angles, wheeling and diving like a hawk, each seemingly digressive spiral actually taking us closer to the heart of the matter. - Phillip Lovate: 1987 xxxviii

1 M Gay Lynch , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 76 no. 4 2017; (p. 126-133)

'Matilda had a thing about arrivals. On planes, even when not working on foreign policy, she wore tailored suits and carried a valise, as if on her way to an important meeting, or in the event of becoming ejected, disembodied over enemy territory, needing to command as much respect as a man, as Roosi, for instance, or any of her colleagues. Nothing could be done about shots fired by narcissistic young men. One had killed her brother...' (Introduction)

1 Laura Bloom, The Cleanskin (The Author People, 2016) Gay Lynch , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017;
'How irresistible to review a novel that shares an almost identical title with your own: Cleanskin (2006), but in any case, Laura Bloom’s very accomplished third novel The Cleanskin differs from mine in subject and style.' (Introduction)
1 Gay Lynch Reviews A Chinese Affair by Isabelle Li Gay Lynch , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , April no. 20 2017;

— Review of A Chinese Affair Isabelle Li , 2016 selected work short story
'In 2016, I met short story writer and poetry translator Isabelle Li at the inaugural Australian Short Story Festival in Perth. In conversation she conveys a graceful attentiveness. She tells me that she values the Chinese artistic tradition of training and craftsmanship and hopes her debut collection of stories will appeal to a broad readership.' (Introduction)
1 Australian Writers Anna Funder and David Sornig Cross Berlin Borders Gay Lynch , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Border Crossings 2016; (p. 153-166)

'To understand their characters' border crossings - historical, transnational, personal, physical and generic - Australian writers, Anna Funder and David Sornig researched their Berlin settings in situ, in literature and through writing praxis. Berlin crossings can be mapped from East to West and ideologically from left to right, through traumatic national history, biographies and authorial backstories.' (Introduction)

1 [Review] Cassie Flanagan Willanski, Here Where We Live Gay Lynch , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 9 no. 1 2016;

— Review of Here Where We Live Cassie Flanagan-Willanski , 2016 selected work short story
1 Icarus : Bot Gay Lynch , 2016 single work single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , July no. 53 2016; (p. 198-208)

'When she braked at the traffic lights, what did she see? A homeless man…me? Hunched over, cross-legged, red abrasions large enough to map on shrivelled arms, dirty bare feet – a sad thing, communicating with his peeps via permanent marker and a torn piece of cardboard resting against his track pants.'  (Publication abstract)

1 A Good Man Is Hard to Find Gay Lynch , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sleepers Almanac X 2015; (p. 197-210)
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