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Contents
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On the Edge,
single work
review
— Review of Fully Sikh 2019 single work drama ;(p. 9)'Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa’s Fully Sikh is a vibrant, edgy celebration of family and culture in the Perth suburbs. Victoria Laurie meets the young theatremaker to see what makes her tick.'(Introduction)
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Clive's Lives,
single work
column
(p. 16)
'He is about to turn 80 and he will never return home, but Australia remains Clive James’s secret energy source, writes Geordie Williamson'
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Pinch on the Soul,
single work
review
— Review of Gulpilil 2019 single work biography interview ; Jack Charles : Born-Again Blakfella 2019 single work autobiography ;(p. 18)Ashleigh Wilson reflects 'on the lives and careers of David Gulpilil and Jack Charles, two widely admired and indigenous artists with boundless talent and charisma. Both actors, each man is the subject of two expansive new books of nonfiction. And while they come from different worlds, each has spent years struggling, in their own way, with problems of identity.' (Introduction)
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Progress of an Aussie Battler,
single work
review
— Review of Penny Wong : Passion and Principle 2019 single work biography ;(p. 21)'How does a researcher write a biography when the subject doesn’t want to participate in the process, let alone see the book published? Margaret Simons is an award-winning journalist of 13 books, including an acclaimed biography of Malcolm Fraser, but even she had to exercise extreme diplomacy and patience when negotiating with the intensely private and guarded Penny Wong.' (Introduction)
