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Alex Tighe reviews 'Net Loss: The inner life in the digital age (Quarterly Essay 72)' by Sebastian Smee
You probably own a smartphone. Chances are it’s in your pocket right now, or at least within arm’s reach – don’t pick it up. Fight the habit. Besides, you’ve probably ch More
Peter Goldsworthy reviews 'Collected Poems' by Les Murray
A seven-hundred-page Collected Poems? The cover photograph of the Big Bloke himself is an embodiment of what’s inside in all its sprawling abundance. As is his surname, which can’t hel More
Anthony Lynch reviews 'Best Summer Stories' edited by Aviva Tuffield
Many readers – though apparently not enough to have saved them – will mourn the recent demise of Black Inc.’s annual Best Australian anthologies of essays, stories, and poem More
Glyn Davis reviews 'My Country' by David Marr
There was excitement. David Marr, newly appointed editor of the National Times at just thirty-three, had agreed to speak with politics students on campus. Volunteers were dispatch More
Paul Strangio reviews Quarterly Essay 71: 'Follow the Leader' by Laura Tingle
As chief political correspondent for the ABC’s 7.30, Laura Tingle was a ringside commentator of the latest knockout bout of leadership pugilism in Canberra. Calling the crazed w More
News from the Editor's Desk - April 2018
The Calibre Essay Prize, Peter Temple (1946-2018), Porter Prize, 2018 Film survey
MoreAnn-Marie Priest reviews 'The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood' by Gwen Harwood, edited by John Harwood
In ‘Late Works’, the last poem in Black Inc.’s new selection of Gwen Harwood’s poetry, a dying poet, determined to pen her ‘late great’ poems, calls from her hospital bed for p More
Jon Altman reviews 'A Rightful Place (Quarterly Essay 55)' by Noel Pearson
Whether you love or hate lawyer–activist Noel Pearson’s ideas, you have to admire his chutzpah, his willingness to put his ideas out there for public discussion and debate, even if his More
Peter Kenneally reviews 'The Best Australian Poems 2013' edited by Lisa Gorton
The end of the year tends to bring a small and exquisitely formed avalanche of Australian poetry, including Best Poems from Black Inc., Best Poetry from the University More
Shane Carmody reviews 'The Mad Marathon: The story of the 2013 election' by Mungo MacCallum
Tim Bowden, ABC journalist and historian, hosted a television program called BackChat between 1987 and 1994. Viewers could write in with their comments on Aunty’s offerings. More