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Notes
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A book of interlinked short stories.
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of my father, DGM.
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Epigraph: How selfhood begins with a walking away, / And love is proved in the letting go: 'Walking Away', C. Day-Lewis.
Contents
- Dirt, single work short story (p. 1-16)
- Who Let the Dog In?, single work short story (p. 17-35)
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Cappacino,
single work
short story
(p. 36-52)
Note: Edited and linked with the stories that form the rest of the collection.
- Growth, single work short story (p. 53-74)
- Gold, single work short story (p. 75-86)
- Committed, single work short story (p. 87-106)
- Suck My Toes, single work short story (p. 107-125)
- Three, single work short story (p. 126-136)
- Blood, single work short story (p. 137-197)
- Move, single work short story (p. 198-208)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australia in Three Books
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 77 no. 2 2018; (p. 21-24)
— Review of Loaded 1995 single work novel ; Suck My Toes 1994 selected work short story ; The Monkey's Mask 1994 single work novel'Literature is a reflection of the culture that spawns it. As a queer teenager growing up in Sydney’s outer western suburbs, my access to literature was limited to the books we had at home—airport novels—and the small collection at my high school library, mostly classics. So far as I knew, old white men wrote books; Ruth Park, Ursula Le Guin, Virginia Andrews and Danielle Steele were the exceptions.' (Introduction)
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Dance of the Emotional Void
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 119-138)'In the literature of the last few decades depiction of sex have become commonplace. The old taboos which made any allusion to these matters something daring or transgressive have disappeared, to the extent that the reader is surprised, and perhaps a little disappointed, when he or she fails to find any sexual descriptions in the novel. It would appear that the characters have as few inhibitions when it comes to having sex as the writers when it comes to describing it.' (p. 119)
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Reserviors of Desire
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 11-37) -
I am Not a Lesbian
1996
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 55 no. 1 1996; (p. 31-40) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 124-131) -
Where Does the Misery Come From? : 'Clubs, Drugs, and Other Four Letter Words' : A Survey of 'Grunge Fiction'
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 3-5)
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No-Fat Prose
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , December vol. 6 no. 4 1994; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Suck My Toes 1994 selected work short story ; Nature Strip 1994 single work novel -
Short Stories, Tall Stories
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 February 1995; (p. 127)
— Review of Picador New Writing 2 1994 anthology poetry short story extract ; Suck My Toes 1994 selected work short story -
Straight for the Jugular, Straight for the Heart
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1994; (p. 20)
— Review of Solstice 1994 single work novel ; This Is for You 1994 selected work short story ; Night by Night 1994 single work novel ; Suck My Toes 1994 selected work short story ; The Messenger : Stories 1994 selected work short story -
A First Novel, and Then Short Stories
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 September 1994; (p. 9)
— Review of The Powerful Owl 1994 selected work short story ; Suck My Toes 1994 selected work short story ; Truce 1994 single work novel -
A Clever Observation of the Interweaving of Lives
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 October 1994; (p. 12A)
— Review of Suck My Toes 1994 selected work short story -
Reserviors of Desire
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 11-37) -
Dance of the Emotional Void
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 119-138)'In the literature of the last few decades depiction of sex have become commonplace. The old taboos which made any allusion to these matters something daring or transgressive have disappeared, to the extent that the reader is surprised, and perhaps a little disappointed, when he or she fails to find any sexual descriptions in the novel. It would appear that the characters have as few inhibitions when it comes to having sex as the writers when it comes to describing it.' (p. 119)
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Grunge Tales Take Out Top Story Prize
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 October 1995; (p. 12) -
Where Does the Misery Come From? : 'Clubs, Drugs, and Other Four Letter Words' : A Survey of 'Grunge Fiction'
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 3-5) -
I am Not a Lesbian
1996
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 55 no. 1 1996; (p. 31-40) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 124-131)
Awards
- 1997 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 1995 winner Warana Writers' Awards — Steele Rudd Award