Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
$24.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time. A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING...brings together Wallace's musings on a wide range of topics, from his early days as a nationally ranked tenni ...Show more
Sluts by Michelle Tea (Editor)
$37.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Boyfriends masquerade as straight bros to have fun on an early internet porn site. Sex on Viagra; sex on acid. A lesbian bar sells out, turning barflies into doms for hire. In Spain, an exchange student lets two young men flip a coin to see who will have her. A stranger on a train. A collegiate lesbian ...Show more
Write Cut Rewrite: The Cutting Room Floor of Modern Literature by Dirk Hulle, Mark Nixon
$79.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
An illumination of writing's mysteries through examining the words and ideas that were edited out of renowned novels, poems, and plays. Imagine looking over your favorite author's shoulder and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you might see is ...Show more
On Experience (On Series) by David Malouf
$16.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: On Ser.
Australia's much loved author David Malouf presents a dazzling and illuminating personal essay on the power of imagination-and its effects on the life of a writer-in this first instalment of a collectible new series. Beautifully packaged as a pocket-sized keepsake, this treasurable approach salvages a p ...Show more
Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison
$24.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
From the author of The Empathy Exams comes a profound meditation on isolation, longing and the conflicts faced by all those who choose to tell true stories about the lives of others
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Ten Kafkaesque Stories by Ali Smith, Tommy Orange, Naomi Alderman, Helen Oyeyemi, Keith Ridgway, Yiyun Li, Charlie Kaufman, Elif Batuman, Leone Ross, Joshua Cohen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A collection of brand-new short stories written by prize-winning, bestselling writers and inspired by Kafka - published to commemorate the centenary of his death*Chosen as a 2024 highlight in the Guardian, the Financial Times, Esquire and the New European*Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the gre ...Show more
The Science of Love and Other Writings by Charles Cros; Doug Skinner (Introduction by)
$31.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
The first English collection of Cros' writings: from treatises on interplanetary communication to a sardonic science of seductionAn indefinable polymath of fin de siècle Paris, Charles Cros made work that was simultaneously grounded in literature and science. The Science of Love and Other Writings bring ...Show more
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine Saint-Exupery
$22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. "Wind, Sand and Stars" is drawn from this experience. Interweaving encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures into a richly ...Show more
Personhood by Thalia Field
$27.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
At the edges of history, territories, species, and theories, arbitrary lines mark us, mapping the living and the dead. Where animals overlap or get tangled in the lines, we beg the question. Where the lines fall apart, we jump to simple answers, and land in deadly consequences. ?????? Whether exploring ...Show more
Paris Notebooks - Essays and Reviews by Mavis Gallant; Hermione Lee (Introduction by)
$38.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Nonpareil Bks.
"Riveting . . . rollicking . . . elegantly captures a changing France reckoning with the cultural revolutions of the mid-20th century."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Enthralling essays on the expatriate experience in Paris and shrewd literary criticism by one of the twentieth century's finest wri ...Show more
Sisters by Drusilla Modjeska (Editor); Gillian Mears; Elizabeth Jolley; Helen Garner; Beth Yahp; Dorothy Hewett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Edited by Drusilla Modjeska, acclaimed author of The Orchard, Poppy and Exiles at Home, this famous anthology explores the sometimes joyous, sometimes vexed world of sisters, with stories and essays by six of Australia's finest writers comprising: Gillian Mears; Elizabeth Jolley; Helen Garner; Beth Yahp ...Show more
Critical Hits: Writers on Gaming and the Alternate Worlds We Inhabit by Carmen Maria Machado (Ed.) J. Robert Lennon (Ed.)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
An anthology of essays on video games by some of today's best literary writers 'A loot drop of brilliance' Naomi Alderman, author of The Power Whether you're an avid gamer, a Twitch subscriber, or just an incidental Subway Surfer, video games have changed the way you interact with the world, and have be ...Show more