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Come Writers and Critics,
single work
column
(p. 15)
'Nikki Gemmell has written a wild, ferocious book about That Guy. Which guy? That guy.'
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Joyful Tale of a Woman Who Wore the Pants,
single work
review
— Review of Eve Langley and 'The Pea Pickers' 2021 single work biography ;(p. 16)'Who was Eve Langley? Those who know the name will associate it with a remarkable novel, The Pea Pickers, first published in 1942. It is an exotic tale, set in Gippsland, Victoria where the two main female characters dress up as male farm workers, in order to find work, and survive.' (Introduction)
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An Adelaide Writer on the World Stage,
single work
review
— Review of Life as Art : The Biographical Writing of Hazel Rowley 2021 selected work biography ;(p. 17)'Hazel Rowley is the most heroic figure in the history of Australian biography. This woman, who died freakishly of what looked like a chill 10 years ago in New York, turned herself into a biographer of international stature out of a sheer passion to tell the truth about human life as a nonfiction narrative. Her sister, Della Rowley, and a close friend, Lynn Buchanan, have put together a collection of her pieces. They are not chronological; they’re repetitious and follow no set order, but they have a luminous and obsessive power.' (Introduction)
- Drinkers of the Windi"Ah, those drinkers of the wind, as I remember, still a child, hearing that the Arabs called them ...", single work poetry (p. 17)
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The Trials of a Family Dynasty,
single work
review
— Review of House of Kwa 2021 single work autobiography ;(p. 18)'Television journalist and newsreader Mimi Kwa peers into the mirror, shocked by what she sees. Overnight, a thick sprig of her raven hair has turned grey. It is the morning after she has received yet another threatening letter from her father, this one outlining his intention to sue for her inheritance: Kwa v Kwa is headed for the Supreme Court of Western Australia.' (Introduction)
