Nine Lives: Postwar Women Writers Making Their Mark by Susan Sheridan
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
'The woman writer's return to publication after periods of silence resembles the nine lives of the legendary cat.' The traditional view of postwar Australian literature shows a scene of flourishing male writers, with women confined to the domestic sphere. In Nine Lives , Susan Sheridan rewrites the page ...Show more
Griffith Review 31: Ways of Seeing by J. Schultz ( Edtor )
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
The big dilemmas of the day resist resolution. For decades we have relied on economics, science and the law for answers to pressing problems. But economics is not as rational as we hoped, science not as certain even the law has shades of grey beyond the black letters. Excluded from policy forums, belitt ...Show more
HEAT 24 THAT'S IT FOR NOW by Indyk Ivor
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish Novelists: Issue 113 by John Freeman
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing
From Borges to Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa, Marias or Bolano , the Spanish language has given us some of the 20th century's most beloved writers. But as the reach of Spanish culture extends far beyond Spain and Latin America, and the US tilts towards a majority Hispanic population, the time is right to ...Show more
Love of the World - Essays by John McGahern
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Reading Level: very good
John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are now part of the canon of Irish and world literature. Yet he spoke out when he felt he had something worth saying and his non-fiction writin ...Show more
This Country Anytime Anywhere: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing from the Northern Territory by Karl Jananbi Dank
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
This country anytime anywhere : an anthology of new indigenous writing from the Northern Territory
The Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses by Bill Henderson
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (Paperback)
In The Pushcart Prize XXXV more than sixty selections of brilliant short stories, essays, and poetry have been picked from thousands of nominations. This is a communal effort by the Pushcart Press staff, contributing editors, and hundreds of small presses. For this edition distinguished poets Julie Shee ...Show more
Best European Fiction : 2011 by Aleksandar Hemon
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
The launch of Dalkey's Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal, with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online ma ...Show more
Paris Review by Stein Lorin Gourevitch Philip
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Working the Room - Essays and Reviews 1999-2010 by Geoff Dyer
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Reading Level: very good
A brilliant, wide-ranging collection of essays and journalism, spanning the photography of Martin Parr to the paintings of Turner, the writing of Scott-Fitzgerald to the criticism of Susan Sontag, and includes extensive personal pieces.
The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time by Peter Ackroyd
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
The English, Peter Ackroyd tells us in this fascinating collection, see more ghosts than any other nation. Each region has its own particular spirits, from the Celtic ghosts of Cornwall to the dobies and boggarts of the north. Some speak and some are silent, some smell of old leather, others of fragrant ...Show more
The Australian Book of Atheism by Warren Bonett (ed)
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A variety of prominent overseas authors have made significant contributions to the general public conversation on belief and religion, but Australians have been somewhat less heard. The Australian Book of Atheism aims to change that, gathering together an impressive collection of essays from pre-eminent ...Show more