Essays
Creative Lives: Personal papers of Australian writers and artists by Penelope Hanley
by Ian Morrison •
Cultural Seeds: Essays on the work of Nick Cave edited by Karen Welberry and Tanya Dalziell
by Paul Genoni •
Holden Caulfield is a garrulous bore. Seymour Glass is a phoney. Franny and Zooey are spoiled brats. And J.D. Salinger is a media tart. All these things are partly true. To take the last first: there is surely a ring of truth about Imre Salusinzsky’s recent spoof obituary in which Jay Leno and David Letterman are quoted expressing their sadness at the loss of a favourite regular guest who was always ready to front up and sparkle as he promoted an endless succession of Catcher in the Rye merchandise. Salinger, who died on January 27, aged ninety-one, may not have done such things, but at least one of his alter egos might.
... (read more)Tolerance, Prejudice and Fear by Christos Tsiolkas, Gideon Haigh and Alexis Wright
by Jay Daniel Thompson •
Dying: A memoir by Donald Horne and Myfanwy Horne
by Pamela Bone •