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'Collects the year's finest works of non-fiction. These essays roam widely, capturing the preoccupations and events of the previous year. Showcasing our finest writers on a range of topics both public and personal, The Best Australian Essays is an indispensable record of the year that was.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Collingwood,
Fitzroy - Collingwood area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Naked Critic, single work column (p. 1-6)
- Kartiya are Like Toyotas : White Workers on Australia's Cultural Frontier, single work essay (p. 7-27)
- The Murder of Azaria, single work criticism (p. 28-38)
- Water Under the Bridge : A Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin, single work essay (p. 39-47)
- Sublime and Profane, single work essay (p. 48-56)
- Wardrobe Erotics, single work essay (p. 57-66)
- Shooting Lunch, single work prose (p. 67-72)
- Killing, extract essay (p. 73-92)
- We Need to Talk about Kevin, single work essay (p. 93-99)
- A Coup by Any Other Name, single work essay (p. 100-107)
- Political Animal, single work essay (p. 108-122)
- Old Copmanhurst, single work autobiography (p. 123-135)
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Les Murray and the Black Dog
Killing the Black Dog,
single work
prose
''On the last day of 1985, I went home to live in Bunyah, the farming valley I had left some twenty-nine years earlier. My wife and our younger children followed two days later … at last I was going home, to care for my father in his old age and to live in the place from which I'd always felt displaced. What I didn't know was that I was heading home in order to go mad.'
'Killing the Black Dog is Les Murray's frank and courageous account of his struggle with depression. Since this essay first appeared, hosts of readers have drawn insight from his account of the disease, its social effects and its origins in his family's history. Murray describes how patches of daylight now balance out those of darkness in his life.' (Publication summary)
Note: With title: Les Murray and the Black Dog - What Gina Wants : Gina Rinehart's Quest for Respect and Gratitude, single work essay (p. 149-172)
- Dark Victories, single work essay (p. 173-191)
- Raw Experience, extract autobiography (p. 192-206)
- This Much is True, single work prose (p. 207-215)
- The Garrulous Listener, single work essay (p. 216-226)
- One Hundred Years of John Cage, single work essay (p. 227-231)
- A Critic and a Poet, single work criticism (p. 232-242)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Election Year Food, Sex and Meaning
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 February vol. 23 no. 2 2013; (p. 4-6)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012 anthology essay prose criticism -
A Year of Strong Voices
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 January 2013; (p. 19)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012 anthology essay prose criticism -
A Pair of Ragged Claws
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 December 2012; (p. 19)
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A Year of Strong Voices
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 January 2013; (p. 19)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012 anthology essay prose criticism -
Election Year Food, Sex and Meaning
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 February vol. 23 no. 2 2013; (p. 4-6)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012 anthology essay prose criticism -
A Pair of Ragged Claws
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 December 2012; (p. 19)
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