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Arts & Letters
Like no actor ever: ‘My Name Is Gulpilil’
Molly Reynolds’s beautiful documentary is a fitting tribute to David Gulpilil, at the end of his singular life
Poetry from the late Kate Jennings
‘Building for Hope’ by Marwa al-Sabouni
The Syrian architect and writer makes a case for war being a consequence of modern architecture destroying the social fabric
‘Secrets of Happiness’ by Joan Silber
The American author’s Austenesque latest novel, a collage of short stories, traces the common pursuit of happiness through love and money
Attack on language: ‘Surviving Autocracy’ and ‘Twilight of Democracy’
Masha Gessen and Anne Applebaum sound alarms on how ‘post-truth’ public debate leaves us mute in the face of autocracy
The trenches of Mount Druitt: OneFour
Australia’s most infamous hip-hop act is an all-Pasifika group born of Western Sydney’s violent postcode wars
The debut novel from the screenwriter and director of ‘Being John Malkovich’, ‘Synecdoche, New York’ and more is the zippiest postmodern, self-referential doorstop you’ll ever read
‘A Room Made of Leaves’ by Kate Grenville
The author of ‘The Secret River’ returns with a canny twist to fictionalise the life of Elizabeth Macarthur, wife of the Australian pioneering settler
Poetry from the author of ‘The Boat’
What are the odds?: Toby Ord’s ‘The Precipice’
The Australian philosopher’s rational exploration of existential risk is bracing but ultimately hopeful