Louis Nowra
Theatre, Arts & Letters
Bowing to the Bard: John Bell’s 'On Shakespeare'
Louis Nowra
Watching him rehearse was one of the most fascinating experiences I’ve had in the theatre. In 1980 John Bell was playing the protagonist in...
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Arts & Letters
After Life: Wim Wenders’ 'Pina' and Alain Corneau’s 'Love Crime'
Louis Nowra
It was a hot night in Adelaide in 1982 and I was sitting in a ramshackle town hall about to watch a dance piece, Kontakthof, created by a...
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The Better Self?: Germaine Greer and 'The Female Eunuch'
Louis Nowra
It’s 40 years since Greer published her first book, The Female Eunuch, and became famous. I first read the book when it came out in...
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The Whirling Dervish: Tony Abbott
Louis Nowra
The two days I spent in emergency, I whiled away my time trying to block my ears to the cries of angry injured drunks and moaning victims,...
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Nowhere Near Hollywood: Australian Film
Louis Nowra
I set out to watch most of the Australian films released this year because I wanted to grasp the condition of our industry. On a practical...
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'Manhood for Amateurs' by Michael Chabon: Fourth Estate, 400pp; $32.99
Louis Nowra
There’s something of the eternal kid about Michael Chabon. Whereas other serious writers have outgrown Marvel comics, Star Trek and the...
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"Barley Patch" by Gerald Murnane: Giramondo Publishing, 320pp; $27.95
Louis Nowra
There are times at the end of an author’s career when a book review is almost a redundant exercise. This holds equally true for bestselling...
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More Than Picong: Patrick French’s ‘The World Is What It Is’
Louis Nowra
Whenever I read Proust's magnificent In Search of Lost Time I have to try hard to forget that the author liked to masturbate while watching...
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