The Book by Mary Ruefle
$44.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Following the acclaimed Dunce, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle's latest prose publication The Book.True to its bold title, The Book affirms Mary Ruefle's legacy as (dubbed by Publishers Weekly) "the patron saint of childhood and the everyday." With the same curiosity found ...Show more
No Judgement : On Being Critical by Lauren Oyler
$34.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture - from 'the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation' The Times I heard this crazy story, and I want you to know.It is the age of internet gossip; of social networks, repackaged ideas and rating everything out o ...Show more
Dead in the Water: The AUKUS Delusion (Australian Foreign Affairs 20) by Jonathan Pearlman
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia's momentous decision to form a security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom that includes an ambitious, expensive and risky plan to acquire nuclear-power submarines - a move that will have far-reaching military and strategi ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 82, No 3
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Devoted entirely to work by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and artists, Meanjin 82.3 Spring 2023 is framed around notions of place. The Meanjin Paper that opens this special edition is an archival interview with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, followed by a State of the Nation piece by Gary Foley, an ...Show more
George Orwell's Elephant and Other Essays - And Other Essays by Subhash Jaireth
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
In his new collection of essays Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe in an exploration of the personal and collective memory held within natural and built landscapes.His roving curiosity takes us from his early life in Delhi to his years as a student in Soviet-era Moscow. We travel to Burma with George O ...Show more
There Are No Falling Stars in China and Other Life Lessons from a Recovering Journalist by Marga Ortigas
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
In this collection of poignant and uplifting essays, seasoned international journalist Marga Ortigas shares what she's learned from over two decades of covering conflict, humanitarian crises, and political turmoil. Each chapter explores a different assignment location, taking you up-close as the author ...Show more
The Best American Short Stories 2023 by Min Jin Lee; Heidi Pitlor
$36.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Best American Ser. | Reading Level: very good
"Without stories, we cannot live well," shares guest editor Min Jin Lee, describing how storytelling affects and nurtures readers. The Best American Short Stories 2023 features twenty pieces of short fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope. A lifelong friends ...Show more
After Sex: The Search for Reproductive Freedom by Edited and introduced by Edna Bonhomme and Alice Spawls
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Author: Edna Bonhomme & Alice Spawls (eds.) The last decade has seen a rise in activism and arguments over women’s reproductive freedom reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. This title provides personal and political perspectives from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, setting feminist cla ...Show more
Too Much of Life - Complete Chronicles by Clarice Lispector; Margaret Jull Costa (Translator); Robin Patterson (Translator)
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A TLS Book of the Year This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life 'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy of living into the great luxury of being alive?' Between 1967 and 1977, the internationally reno ...Show more
Seven Rooms by Gareth Evans; Dominic J. Jaeckle (Foreword by, Editor); Jess Chandler (Editor, Foreword by)
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Echoes (2nd Edition) by Shu-Ling Chua
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Joint winner of the 2021 Small Press Network Book of the Year Award Echoes is a curious and lyrical collection of personal essays from Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua which references art and literature, pop culture, and nostalgia. It gathers small joys, from a figure-hugging ‘disco dress’ to l ...Show more
Dialogue with a Somnambulist: Stories, Essays & a Portrait Gallery by Chloe Aridjis
$27.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Renowned internationally for her lyrically unsettling novels Book of Clouds, Asunder and Sea Monsters, the Mexican writer Chloe Aridjis crosses borders in her work as much as she traverses them in life. Now, collected here for the first time, her stories, essays and pen portraits reveal an author as ima ...Show more