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Contents
- Romeo and Juliet II : Haunted Rentals, single work short story
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This Is Where the Rat Bastard Poem Comes in,
single work
review
— Review of Leave Me Alone 2022 selected work poetry ; -
Self-translation and Bilingual Writing as a Transnational Writer in the Age of Machine Translation,
single work
essay
Note: Posted 15 February 2023.
- Inflorescencei"History or myth—picture", single work poetry
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The Promise and Betrayal of Arts and Culture in Regional Australia,
single work
essay
'Over the last couple years, declarations of a crisis in the humanities have started to become shrill. As Joel Barnes observed in 2020, in Australia such pronouncements are at least partly a response to the 115 per cent increase in the cost of student contribution to humanities degrees since the passing of the so-called Jobs Ready Legislation package 2020. Apart from a BA majoring in English or Languages, a Bachelor of Arts at most universities in Australia will now cost a student $45,000.' (Introduction)
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The Artist as Essential Worker,
single work
essay
'Over the past decade, arts policy has been dominated by an increasingly incoherent ‘creative industries’ mindset that places artistic labour in an entrepreneurial framework, ultimately a private-sector concern. The Australia Council has reflected this turn, slowly drifting from the language of public funding and towards ‘investment’.' (Introduction)