— This essay originally appeared in SPOOK Magazine. // You already know how this story ends so I’ll begin ten minutes before the climax. We’re three or… Read more “Chairs Up For The Darts: On Darts Culture in Australia”
Review: Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind Of Girl
— This review originally appeared in the Weekend Australian. // As with much of what Lena Dunham creates, her memoir Not That Kind of Girl was culturally significant almost… Read more “Review: Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind Of Girl”
Review: Teju Cole’s Every Day Is For The Thief
— This review originally appeared in The Weekend Australian. // Since 2011, Teju Cole has been publishing dispatches from the land in which he grew up, Nigeria,… Read more “Review: Teju Cole’s Every Day Is For The Thief”
Literature, Sex and Death: On Reading Supervert’s Necrophilia Variations.
— This essay originally appeared in The Lifted Brow. // “We were at a party, you and I, in celebration of a long-forgotten cause for joy.” A… Read more “Literature, Sex and Death: On Reading Supervert’s Necrophilia Variations.”
Books on Radio National Breakfast
// At the beginning of this year I was lucky enough to be invited to run a books segment on Radio National breakfast over summer. For the… Read more “Books on Radio National Breakfast”
Review: Tim Winton’s Eyrie
— This review originally appeared on the Wheeler Centre. // The protagonist of Tim Winton’s Eyrie notes that his behaviour was once characterised as “florid and manic.… Read more “Review: Tim Winton’s Eyrie”
Review: Zadie Smith’s Embassy of Cambodia – Finding beauty in the smallest circle
– This piece originally appeared in The Weekend Australian. // It doesn’t have the same aphoristic ring as judging by their cover, but should we judge… Read more “Review: Zadie Smith’s Embassy of Cambodia – Finding beauty in the smallest circle”
Meanjin Tournament of Books: Breath vs Sea Hearts
— This piece originally appeared in Meanjin. // I read once that vertigo is less about the fear of falling than the desire to fall. An overwhelming… Read more “Meanjin Tournament of Books: Breath vs Sea Hearts”
Interview: Working with Words
— This interview originally appeared as part of the Wheeler Centre’s Working With Words Series. Bethanie Blanchard is Crikey’s literary blogger, at Liticism, and a regular contributor to Guardian Australia.… Read more “Interview: Working with Words”
