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The Sleepers Almanac X edited by Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn

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December 2015, no. 377

The Sleepers Almanac X edited by Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn

Sleepers Publishing, $24.95 pb, 270 pp, 9780994287939

The Sleepers Almanac X edited by Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn

by
December 2015, no. 377

In more than ten years on the scene, Sleepers has positioned itself as both champion of the small press sector – the natural home of the short story – and a canny player in the broader publishing landscape; its Almanac has been a reliable litmus test for the direction of new Australian writing.

In this instalment, several absurdist and satirical works are stacked into the collection's middle section, including the oddball 'Space Monkeys Drink Tang' by Eric Yoshiaki Dando, and Julie Koh's surreal first-person meditation on society's (and the narrator's mother's) relentless attacks on women's bodies in 'The Fat Girl in History'. It is a risky move – their particular brand of humour won't appeal to everyone.

Jenni Kauppi reviews 'The Sleepers Almanac X' edited by Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn

The Sleepers Almanac X

edited by Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn

Sleepers Publishing, $24.95 pb, 270 pp, 9780994287939

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