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A common approach when talking about women writers is to outline the scope of their work, preferably to demonstrate and affirm its versatility and, implicitly, its value. There’s no doubt that Helen Garner, for example, has suffered under critics’ and reviewers’ insistence that her work deals only with a ...
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Published in
December–January 1986, no. 87
Kate Ahearne reviews 'Room Service: Comic writings of Frank Moorhouse' by Frank Moorhouse
Kate Ahearne
Wednesday, 01 October 1986
Reading Frank Moorhouse is a bit like learning to cook silver beet in some newfangled way and discovering that for years you’ve been chucking the best bits out.
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Published in
October 1986, no. 85