James Ley

James Ley is an essayist and literary critic who lives in Melbourne. A former Editor of Sydney Review of Books, he has been a regular contributor to ABR since 2003.

James Ley reviews 'Exploded View' by Carrie Tiffany

Published in March 2019, no. 409

Krapp's Last Tape (fortyfivedownstairs)

Published in ABR Arts

James Ley reviews 'T.S. Eliot and the Dynamic Imagination' by Sarah Kennedy

Published in September 2018, no. 404

James Ley reviews 'Why Dylan Matters' by Richard F. Thomas

Published in May 2018, no. 401

James Ley reviews 'First Person' by Richard Flanagan

Published in November 2017, no. 396

James Ley reviews 'The Choke' by Sofie Laguna

Published in September 2017, no. 394

James Ley reviews 'Zero K' by Don DeLillo

Published in June–July 2016, no. 382

James Ley reviews 'The Daemon Knows: Literary Greatness and the American Sublime' by Harold Bloom

Published in April 2016, no. 380

James Ley reviews 'The Heart Goes Last' by Margaret Atwood

Published in October 2015, no. 375

James Ley reviews 'J.M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing' by David Attwell

Published in September 2015, no. 374

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