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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart
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'A collection of short stories by Australian writers based on Jeffrey Smart's painting "Cahill Expressway".'

Notes

  • Edited and introduced by Helen Daniel
  • 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?, Morris Lurie , single work short story humour (p. 1-4 repeated p.277-280)
The Widow's House, Elizabeth Jolley , single work short story (p. 6-14)
The Ulcer, Rod Jones , single work short story (p. 15-23)
Our Town, Glenda Adams , single work short story (p. 24-40)
The Spaz, Barry Dickins , single work short story (p. 41-48)
Death Touch, David Foster , single work short story (p. 49-60)
Oblique Homages, Peter Goldsworthy , single work short story (p. 61-65)
Vision of Lindow Man, David Ireland , single work short story (p. 68-79)
Finger-Web, Gerald Murnane , single work short story (p. 80-100)
Look on My Works, Kate Grenville , single work short story (p. 101-108)
The Lyrebird Exploding in Endlessness, Grant Caldwell , single work short story (p. 109-115)
The Ordinary Human Being Museum, Brian Matthews , single work short story (p. 117-126)
The Painting, Finola Moorhead , single work short story (p. 128-133)
Take the Camera, Nicholas Hasluck , extract novel (p. 134-143)
The Father, Louis Nowra , single work short story (p. 144-152)
My Sydney, Glen Tomasetti , single work short story (p. 153-160)
My Flat Companions, Marion Campbell , single work short story (p. 161-169)
Waitin', Mudrooroo , single work short story (p. 171)
Messman on the C.E.Altar, Bill Reed , single work short story (p. 174-183)
Second Time Round, David Malouf , single work short story (p. 184-187)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1989 .
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      Extent: 294p.
      ISBN: 0140120947

Works about this Work

Masterpieces of the Inward Eyes : Recent Australian Poems on Paintings Werner Senn , 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 Don Anderson , 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 Michael Fitzgerald , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 1990; (p. 3)
Foreword : A Reform Ticket with the Write Appeal Elizabeth Swanson , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 3-4 March 1990; (p. 7)
Reviews Margot Luke , 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
Four Short Story Collections Entertain, Take Risks... Nancy Potter , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 67)

— Review of The Living Hothouse Marion Halligan , 1988 selected work short story ; Bleak Rooms Peter Goldsworthy , 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 Reba Gostand , 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 Elizabeth Jolley , 1989 single work novel
29 Portraits of a Painting George Lombard , 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 John MacGregor , 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 Katharine England , 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 Werner Senn , 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 Michael Fitzgerald , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 1990; (p. 3)
Eye and Word Gallery Helen Daniel , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 113 1989; (p. 4)
Now, for a Bit of Show and Tell Elizabeth Swanson , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 July 1989; (p. 7)
Fifth Column : The Space of Our Literature David Brooks , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , March vol. 9 no. 11 1990; (p. 12-13)
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