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'Join forty of Australia's best storytellers in A Revealed Life, an intimate anthology of the moments and events that have shaped their lives between the bookends of birth and death ... A Revealed Life showcases the very best contemporary memoir pieces as published in the literary and public affairs quarterly, Griffith Review.' -- Back cover.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:ABC Books
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Story My Mother Tells Me, single work autobiography (p. 2-16)
- Journey to the Spare World, single work autobiography (p. 17-31)
-
I Hear With My Eyes,
single work
autobiography
McDonald recounts her childhood in a deaf school and her experiences with oralism.
-
View From Munibung Hill,
single work
autobiography
(p. 46-54)
Note: Names and identifying features in this story have been altered to protect people who still live there. (p.54)
- Sensual Degrees of Separation, single work autobiography (p. 55-62)
- That Prolific Mother of Strife, single work autobiography (p. 63-69)
- Songs of Childhood, single work autobiography (p. 70-78)
- Five Acts of Friendship, single work autobiography (p. 79-87)
-
From a Moving Car,
single work
autobiography
Meera Atkison runs away from home to Darwin.
- Mending a Broken Link, single work autobiography (p. 104-107)
- Amusing and Stimulating Small Minds, single work autobiography (p. 108-112)
- Encounters with Mrs L BA (OXON), single work autobiography (p. 113-123)
- Mac Attack, single work autobiography (p. 128-132)
- Confusions of an Economist's Daughter, single work autobiography (p. 133-141)
- Mixed Blessings, single work autobiography (p. 142-149)
- The Casuarina Forest, single work autobiography (p. 152-161)
- Confessions of a Weather Nut Memoir : Confessions of a Weather Nut, single work autobiography (p. 162-166)
- The Exotic at Home, single work autobiography (p. 167-173)
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Even Further North,
single work
autobiography
Sayle discusses the fear of 'the north' in terms of his personal experiences, asking 'Is the fear of the north a universal human trait, did we bring it from Europe, is it rational, and is Australia's an especially severe case?'Note: With title: Ever Further North
- Sydney and Me, single work essay (p. 185-190)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Speaking Personally
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies , Fall vol. 17 no. 2 2011; (p. 93-101)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography ; Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography ; The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007 anthology criticism ; The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature 2010 selected work criticism -
Westerly Non-Fiction Review 2006-2007
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 160-171)
— Review of 'Flashing Eyes and Floating Hair' : A Reading of Gwen Harwood's Pseudonymous Poetry 2006 single work criticism ; The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's 'Poems' : Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism 2006 single work criticism ; Prince of the Church : Patrick Francis Moran, 1830-1911 2007 single work biography ; Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006 selected work criticism essay autobiography ; Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction 2006 single work criticism ; My Father's Compass : A Memoir 2007 single work autobiography ; Darby : One Hundred Years of Life in a Changing Culture 2006 single work life story ; Prisoners of the Japanese : Literary Imagination and the Prisoner-of-War Experience 2006 single work criticism ; Translating Lives : Living with Two Languages and Cultures 2007 anthology autobiography ; The Sea Coast of Bohemia : Literary Life in Sydney's Roaring Twenties 1992 single work criticism ; The Forgotten Children : Fairbridge Farm School and Its Betrayal of Australia's Child Migrants 2007 single work autobiography ; Well Done, Those Men : Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran 2005 single work autobiography ; David Malouf 2007 single work criticism ; A Story To Tell 2006 single work autobiography ; The Best Australian Essays 2006 2006 anthology essay ; Sunrise West 2007 single work autobiography ; A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography ; Another Country 2007 selected work prose ; The Melancholy Dane : (A Portrait of the Poet as a Young Man) 2006 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 July 2007; (p. 28)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 June 2007; (p. 39)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography
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In Short : Nonfiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 June 2007; (p. 39)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography -
Off the Shelf
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 July 2007; (p. 28)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography -
Westerly Non-Fiction Review 2006-2007
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 160-171)
— Review of 'Flashing Eyes and Floating Hair' : A Reading of Gwen Harwood's Pseudonymous Poetry 2006 single work criticism ; The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's 'Poems' : Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism 2006 single work criticism ; Prince of the Church : Patrick Francis Moran, 1830-1911 2007 single work biography ; Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006 selected work criticism essay autobiography ; Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction 2006 single work criticism ; My Father's Compass : A Memoir 2007 single work autobiography ; Darby : One Hundred Years of Life in a Changing Culture 2006 single work life story ; Prisoners of the Japanese : Literary Imagination and the Prisoner-of-War Experience 2006 single work criticism ; Translating Lives : Living with Two Languages and Cultures 2007 anthology autobiography ; The Sea Coast of Bohemia : Literary Life in Sydney's Roaring Twenties 1992 single work criticism ; The Forgotten Children : Fairbridge Farm School and Its Betrayal of Australia's Child Migrants 2007 single work autobiography ; Well Done, Those Men : Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran 2005 single work autobiography ; David Malouf 2007 single work criticism ; A Story To Tell 2006 single work autobiography ; The Best Australian Essays 2006 2006 anthology essay ; Sunrise West 2007 single work autobiography ; A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography ; Another Country 2007 selected work prose ; The Melancholy Dane : (A Portrait of the Poet as a Young Man) 2006 single work autobiography -
Speaking Personally
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies , Fall vol. 17 no. 2 2011; (p. 93-101)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography ; Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography ; The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007 anthology criticism ; The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature 2010 selected work criticism
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