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Dedication : For Don Graham & Betsy Berry
Contents
- Somewhere New, single work short story (p. 7-30)
- Joe's Absence, single work short story (p. 31-48)
- The Phallic Forest, single work short story (p. 49-56)
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The West Midland Underground,
single work
short story
'The West Midland Underground goes from to . Or should I say went? Should I have said went? Should I be saying went? Or even will go. May go. Could go. Could have gone. Was to have gone. Is to go. Is to have gone. Is it possible to say is to have gone? Are there certain tenses that do not exist, may not, cannot, will not, did not; though now do? Perhaps the impossible tenses are needed for the impossible underground. Perhaps the hitherto impossible tense will bring into being the hitherto impossible West Midland Underground.' (Introduction)
- The Man of Slow Feeling, single work short story science fiction (p. 66-72)
- Bye Bye Jack. See You Soon, single work short story (p. 73-83)
- The Words She Types, single work short story (p. 84-86)
- The Vampire's Assistant at the 157 Steps, single work short story humour satire (p. 87-94)
- Sex in Australia from the Man's Point of View, single work short story (p. 95-97)
- Reading the Signs, single work short story (p. 98-101)
- Class Feeling (for Deborah Thompson), single work short story (p. 102-111)
- Beach Report, single work short story humour satire (p. 112-114)
- Under Saturn, single work short story (p. 115-154)
- For Trees, single work short story (p. 155-158)
- Kayf, single work short story (p. 159-178)
- Pioneers, single work short story crime (p. 179-184)
- I Like Him to Write, single work short story (p. 185-198)
- The Stockyard, single work short story (p. 199-202)
- Our Mutual Friend the Prison Poet, single work short story (p. 203-206)
- Libertarianism, single work prose (p. 207-218)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Non-Australian Settings in Michael Wilding's Selected and New Short Stories
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Literature Between Europe and Australia 1999; (p. 17-41)'Where is "somewhere new"? As denoted by the title in his new collection of short stories, Michael Wilding perceives it in a symbolic sense, as a place of potential, away from the centre on the decentralizing margin, a place that enables a fresh new start, a future. It can be just anywhere, in Australia on a Sydney beach or the Balmain part of the harbour, in the United States on Jack Kerouac's beloved Mississippi river which really stands for the river Severn in Wilding's native England, or in North Africa. Michael Wilding's (born 1942) recently published collection of twenty new and selected short stories Somewhere New: New and Selected Stories (1996) shows just how very much alive the short story tradition still is on the Australian literary scene. It draws on seven previous volumes from over thirty years of writing, including classics like, for example, "The Man of Slow Feeling" (1986) and "Reading the Signs" ( 1984 ), the title stories of two of his early short story collections, as well as new, previously uncollected pieces on drugs, politics, sex and the literary life.' (Publication abstract)
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'My Beloved Mississippi River...' Michael Wilding's Somewhere New
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 12 no. 2 1998; (p. 83-89) -
Stories in a Stream of Experience
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: New Straits Times , 25 June 1997; (p. 9)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story ; The Man of Slow Feeling : Selected Short Stories 1985 selected work short story -
Lessons on Biting the Tongue in Your Cheek
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 149 1997; (p. 87-89)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story ; Studies in Classic Australian Fiction 1997 multi chapter work criticism biography -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Summer vol. 9 no. 3 1997; (p. 141-145)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story ; Collected Stories 1997 selected work short story prose
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Stories in a Stream of Experience
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: New Straits Times , 25 June 1997; (p. 9)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story ; The Man of Slow Feeling : Selected Short Stories 1985 selected work short story -
Myths of the Typewriter
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 1 November no. 4883 1996; (p. 24)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story -
The Word He Types
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 11 1997; (p. 122-125)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story -
Rubbing Shoulders with the Minnows
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 11 no. 1 1997; (p. 52)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Summer vol. 9 no. 3 1997; (p. 141-145)
— Review of Somewhere New : New and Selected Stories 1996 selected work short story ; Collected Stories 1997 selected work short story prose -
Our Remaindered Canon
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , September vol. 2 no. 8 1997; (p. 8-9,31) -
'My Beloved Mississippi River...' Michael Wilding's Somewhere New
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 12 no. 2 1998; (p. 83-89) -
Non-Australian Settings in Michael Wilding's Selected and New Short Stories
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Literature Between Europe and Australia 1999; (p. 17-41)'Where is "somewhere new"? As denoted by the title in his new collection of short stories, Michael Wilding perceives it in a symbolic sense, as a place of potential, away from the centre on the decentralizing margin, a place that enables a fresh new start, a future. It can be just anywhere, in Australia on a Sydney beach or the Balmain part of the harbour, in the United States on Jack Kerouac's beloved Mississippi river which really stands for the river Severn in Wilding's native England, or in North Africa. Michael Wilding's (born 1942) recently published collection of twenty new and selected short stories Somewhere New: New and Selected Stories (1996) shows just how very much alive the short story tradition still is on the Australian literary scene. It draws on seven previous volumes from over thirty years of writing, including classics like, for example, "The Man of Slow Feeling" (1986) and "Reading the Signs" ( 1984 ), the title stories of two of his early short story collections, as well as new, previously uncollected pieces on drugs, politics, sex and the literary life.' (Publication abstract)