Yacker: Australian writers talking about their work
Picador, 315 pp, illus., $14.95
Interview
Yacker by Candida Baker & Rooms of Their Own by Jennifer Ellison
by Kerryn Goldsworthy •
Why do we like interviews so much? There must be a reason. Maybe it’s the lure – too often, alas, as in lurid – of confession: the ‘X Reveals All’ syndrome that deceives the mind into thinking it has always wanted to know what it is (finally) about to be told; or the more elevated sense of privilege and honour felt by those in whom such truths are confided.
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