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    James Button on the death of the campaign speech

    — This piece originally appeared as a Crikey News article.  // In 2008 during the Democratic presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton repeated an adage made famous by former New York… Read more “James Button on the death of the campaign speech”

    2013/09/042018/03/22 by missbethanie

    Review. Connie stripped bare for today: Nikki Gemmell’s I Take You

    — This piece originally appeared in The Weekend Australian In the long tradition of erotic novelists, Nikki Gemmell had intended to publish her 2003 work The Bride… Read more “Review. Connie stripped bare for today: Nikki Gemmell’s I Take You”

    2013/07/272014/02/15 by missbethanie

    Interview with SPOOK magazine

    — This interview originally appeared as part of SPOOK Magazine’s People Who Do Stuff series. Who are you and what stuff do you do? My name is Bethanie Blanchard.… Read more “Interview with SPOOK magazine”

    2013/05/162014/01/15 by missbethanie

    The female protagonist as writer — Girls part II

    — This essay originally appeared on Crikey’s Liticism.  // “Usually when people say they want to be a writer, they really don’t want to do anything except eat… Read more “The female protagonist as writer — Girls part II”

    2013/04/022018/03/22 by missbethanie

    Review- Sister painted into a corner: Krissy Kneen’s Steeplechase

    — This piece originally appeared in The Weekend Australian.  // At what point does a work containing depictions of sex tip from being classified as a novel… Read more “Review- Sister painted into a corner: Krissy Kneen’s Steeplechase”

    2013/03/302018/03/22 by missbethanie

    What I’m Reading

    — This piece originally appeared in Meanjin. // Every week when I visit my GPO box it’s filled with new books from publishing houses, wrapped in cardboard… Read more “What I’m Reading”

    2013/03/252018/03/22 by missbethanie

    Review. Comic celebration of happy endings

    — This review originally appeared in The Weekend Australian. // In most love stories the interest is less who the couple eventually will be – be it… Read more “Review. Comic celebration of happy endings”

    2013/03/092018/03/22 by missbethanie

    Review: All The Way by Marie Darrieussecq

    — This review originally appeared in The Monthly.  // In an era when even supermarkets stock the sadomasochistic confections of EL James, it seems strange that a… Read more “Review: All The Way by Marie Darrieussecq”

    2013/03/012018/03/22 by missbethanie

    On established authors and the weight of expectation: J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy

    — This essay originally appeared on Crikey’s Liticism.  // One of the great pleasures / responsibilities of being a lit critic is that you are asked to… Read more “On established authors and the weight of expectation: J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy”

    2012/11/232018/03/22 by missbethanie

    The female protagonist as writer: HBO’s Girls

    — This essay originally appeared on Liticism. // Lately I’ve been re-watching Girls. It was a series I originally came to – perhaps like everyone else downloading it in… Read more “The female protagonist as writer: HBO’s Girls”

    2012/11/162018/03/22 by missbethanie

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