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Lost in the Bowels : Recasting Helen Garner as an MFA Craft Seminar
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 442 2022; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Sean O'Beirne on Helen Garner 2022 single work essay'Oh, how I detest tiny books – those cutesy little hardbacks that are sold next to the novelty bookmarks and greeting cards. 101 Reasons Why Dogs/Cats Are Better Than Cats/Dogs; Inspo quotes for Insta feminists; The Pocket Marcus Aurelias (for the stoic on-the-go); The Pocket Tarot (for the soothsayer on-the-go); The Tao of Something. They are the literary equivalent of supermarket checkout chocolates – sugar-fix books. Stocking stuffers. Gag gifts. Op-shop cloggers. Toilet-floor lint collectors.' (Introduction)
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‘I Will Not Hide’ : Helen Garner’s Radical Gift Is the Shock of Plain-speaking
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 31 March 2022;
— Review of Sean O'Beirne on Helen Garner 2022 single work essay'Most readers of Helen Garner will be able to pinpoint a first personal encounter with her work: a book, or even a sentence, that cut through like sharp light; a local landmark suddenly immortalised on the page; an unsayable bodily experience transformed into the unabashedly said.' (Introduction)
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‘I Will Not Hide’ : Helen Garner’s Radical Gift Is the Shock of Plain-speaking
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 31 March 2022;
— Review of Sean O'Beirne on Helen Garner 2022 single work essay'Most readers of Helen Garner will be able to pinpoint a first personal encounter with her work: a book, or even a sentence, that cut through like sharp light; a local landmark suddenly immortalised on the page; an unsayable bodily experience transformed into the unabashedly said.' (Introduction)
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Lost in the Bowels : Recasting Helen Garner as an MFA Craft Seminar
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 442 2022; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Sean O'Beirne on Helen Garner 2022 single work essay'Oh, how I detest tiny books – those cutesy little hardbacks that are sold next to the novelty bookmarks and greeting cards. 101 Reasons Why Dogs/Cats Are Better Than Cats/Dogs; Inspo quotes for Insta feminists; The Pocket Marcus Aurelias (for the stoic on-the-go); The Pocket Tarot (for the soothsayer on-the-go); The Tao of Something. They are the literary equivalent of supermarket checkout chocolates – sugar-fix books. Stocking stuffers. Gag gifts. Op-shop cloggers. Toilet-floor lint collectors.' (Introduction)