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Notes
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Dedication: For Louise Thurtell and Peter Bishop, both of whom refuse to believe that the short story is an endangered species.
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Epigraph: 'There is some secret grief here I need to declare, and my fingers itch for a pencil.'- Barbara Kingsolver.
Contents
- What Thou and I Did, Till We Loved, single work short story (p. 1-12)
- A Pitch Too High for the Human Ear, single work short story (p. 13-22)
- Habit, single work short story (p. 23-33)
- Flotsam, single work short story (p. 34-45)
- Black Ice Cold Snap, single work short story (p. 46-57)
- Resize, single work short story (p. 58-64)
- The Testosterone Club, single work short story (p. 65-76)
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Dark Roots,
single work
short story
'If he were almost 40 and she 26, there'd be no problem. But it's much harder when it's the other way round.' (Journeys, p.79)
- Angel, single work short story (p. 91-97)
- Seizure, single work short story (p. 98-111)
- The Light of Coincidence, single work short story (p. 112-119)
- Soundtrack, single work short story (p. 120-129)
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Direct Action,
single work
short story
'Direct action. You don't want to hear it. You want to make another pot of tea, and wait for the re-run of Star trek: The next generation to come on. Direct action means arguing with punters on the street who try to pull your placards off you, and dancing round the missile base so that the cops can laugh themselves sick before they move in on you. It's something you admire hearing about second-hand, shaking your head at someone else's bruises. It's not something you feel like doing, on a cold winter's night after dinner. Except that you can't stop thinking that right now, after dinner or not, and all through tonight, and tomorrow, twenty-four hours a day, in fact, seven days a week, Barron Papermills, just up the road, are glugging industrial effluent straight into the river.' (introduction)
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The Correct Names of Things
The Correct Name of Things,
single work
short story
(p. 142-153)
Note: With title: The Correct Names of Things
- Wheelbarrow Thief, single work short story (p. 154-164)
- Sea Burial, single work short story (p. 165-169)
- Kill or Cure, single work short story (p. 170-182)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Symbolism with a Punch Line
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 28 no. 1 2014; (p. 242-244)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
Dark Roots : An Interview with Cate Kennedy
Angela Meyer
(interviewer),
2008
single work
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 2 2008; (p. 157-161) -
Crisis Management
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 24 February vol. 113 no. 8 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
The Fineness of a Few Words
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 2 no. 7 2007; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Every Move You Make 2006 selected work short story ; The End of the World 2007 selected work short story ; Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story ; Loyalties 2007 selected work short story -
Mulling Over the Minutiae
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 January 2007; (p. 10)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story ; Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories 2006 selected work short story ; Any Guru Will Do : A Modern Man's Search for Meaning 2006 single work autobiography
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Risky Proximity
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 50)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
Charting Fault-Lines Under the Surface of Existence
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 September 2006; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
What Shapes a Human Life?
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 September 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
Reading What Lies Beneath
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 October 2006; (p. 25)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
Sensitive Skins
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 October vol. 124 no. 6543 2006; (p. 70)
— Review of Dark Roots 2006 selected work short story -
A Cate with Destiny
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 August 2006; (p. 29) -
Dark Roots : An Interview with Cate Kennedy
Angela Meyer
(interviewer),
2008
single work
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 2 2008; (p. 157-161)
Awards
- 2007 highly commended ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award This award was known as the Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award from 1988-2007.