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1 Later, as Poetry Roger Rees , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October no. 162 2019; (p. 50-51)
— Review of No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison Behrouz Boochani , Omid Tofighian (translator), 2018 selected work prose 'Among the many fates Behrouz Boochani has suffered is that the importance of his political struggle has obscured his achievement in making literary art out of the situation he finds himself in. Boochani’s insistence that people read No Friend But the Mountains as art is grounded in his sense that it is only via literary language that people can understand the lives and conditions of those held on Manus Island.' (Introduction)
1 y separately published work icon No Turning Back Roger Rees , Ormond : Hybrid , 2017 14050526 2017 single work novel

'Louise Davitt, a young Australian anthropologist, and Zeno Wolde, an Ethiopian doctor and fellow anthropologist, research and explore isolated villages and tribal lands in Ethiopia, making fascinating discoveries about the people, the environment and themselves. While working for reform to lift poor peasants out of poverty, they fall in love and marry then have a child. Zeno's work takes him away from home for long stretches of time, then he disappears. Louise visits family in London and is diagnosed with HIV, contracted from Zeno. With effective management and drugs, Louise copes with her serious illness and its stigma-a stigma that at the time in Ethiopia and Kenya, made it impossible for Zeno to seek appropriate treatment. She meets a Norwegian doctor, Haawkon Davos, and builds a new career with its reach and compassion for people with HIV/AIDS, especially across Africa.'

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1 Memory Flags Roger Rees , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June-July no. 106 2010; (p. 49-51)
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