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'A collection of short stories by Australian writers based on Jeffrey Smart's painting "Cahill Expressway".'
Notes
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Edited and introduced by Helen Daniel
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Includes biographical notes on the authors, pp. 281-293.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ringwood,
Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,
Melbourne - East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Penguin
, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Art is Dangerous, Not So?, single work short story humour (p. 1-4 repeated p.277-280)
- The Widow's House, single work short story (p. 6-14)
- The Ulcer, single work short story (p. 15-23)
- Our Town, single work short story (p. 24-40)
- The Spaz, single work short story (p. 41-48)
- Death Touch, single work short story (p. 49-60)
- Oblique Homages, single work short story (p. 61-65)
- Vision of Lindow Man, single work short story (p. 68-79)
- Finger-Web, single work short story (p. 80-100)
- Look on My Works, single work short story (p. 101-108)
- The Lyrebird Exploding in Endlessness, single work short story (p. 109-115)
- The Ordinary Human Being Museum, single work short story (p. 117-126)
- The Painting, single work short story (p. 128-133)
- Take the Camera, extract novel (p. 134-143)
- The Father, single work short story (p. 144-152)
- My Sydney, single work short story (p. 153-160)
- My Flat Companions, single work short story (p. 161-169)
- Waitin', single work short story (p. 171)
- Messman on the C.E.Altar, single work short story (p. 174-183)
- Second Time Round, single work short story (p. 184-187)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Masterpieces of the Inward Eyes : Recent Australian Poems on Paintings
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth Literary Cultures : New Voices, New Approaches : Conference Papers, Lecce, 3-7 April, 1990 1993; (p. 215-227) -
Pleasure and Problems of the Sign
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Real Opinions : Polemical and Popular Writings 1992; (p. 95-100)
— Review of Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story -
Picture Worth a Thousand Words
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 1990; (p. 3) -
Foreword : A Reform Ticket with the Write Appeal
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 3-4 March 1990; (p. 7) -
Reviews
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 35 no. 1 1990; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story
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Four Short Story Collections Entertain, Take Risks...
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 67)
— Review of The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Bleak Rooms 1988 selected work short story ; Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story ; Australian Short Stories 1982 periodical (67 issues) -
Mooning Along the Expressway: Some get Nearer Than Others
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 8 no. 4 1990; (p. 71-72)
— Review of The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989 anthology short story poetry prose ; Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989 anthology correspondence biography prose autobiography short story ; The Speaking Land : Myth and Story in Aboriginal Australia 1989 anthology short story ; Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story ; My Father's Moon 1989 single work novel -
29 Portraits of a Painting
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 September 1989; (p. B8)
— Review of Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story -
Every Story Tells a Picture
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 September 1989; (p. 10)
— Review of Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story -
Expressway Expressions
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 September 1989; (p. 16)
— Review of Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story -
Masterpieces of the Inward Eyes : Recent Australian Poems on Paintings
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth Literary Cultures : New Voices, New Approaches : Conference Papers, Lecce, 3-7 April, 1990 1993; (p. 215-227) -
Picture Worth a Thousand Words
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 1990; (p. 3) -
Eye and Word Gallery
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 113 1989; (p. 4) -
Now, for a Bit of Show and Tell
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 July 1989; (p. 7) -
Fifth Column : The Space of Our Literature
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , March vol. 9 no. 11 1990; (p. 12-13)
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