Dennis Altman
I think we all write out of a mixture of egoism and a need to work out how we understand the world – ‘writing as therapy’. Luckily, I have only rarely felt the need to write to fulfil the demands of academia, which are producing vast amounts of ‘writing’ that benefits no one and is a strain on those forced to produce it.
... (read more)Not Dead Yet: Labor’s Post-left Future (Quarterly Essay 49) by Mark Latham
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The Sex Lives of Australians: A History by Frank Bongiorno
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Oz Lit at Melbourne University
Dear Editor,
The English program at the University of Melbourne has offered courses on Australian literature every year since 1982, when it was first introduced as a full seminar subject. Stephanie Guest’s article in last month’s issue of ABR, ‘Oz Lit in the Moot Court Room: Finding Australian Literature at the ...
The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad by Tariq Ali
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