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Arts & Letters

Politics gets personal
Laura Poitras’ ‘Risk’ sidesteps the biggest question about Julian Assange
By Robert Manne
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Her eloquent heart
Arundhati Roy’s ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ was worth the 20-year wait
By Helen Elliott
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What must be said
Australia’s Tracey Moffatt leads the way at the 57th Venice Biennale
By Julie Ewington
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Cover of Men Without Women
‘Men Without Women’ by Haruki Murakami
Harvill Secker; $35
By Stephanie Bishop
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Cover of Anything Is Possible
‘Anything Is Possible’ by Elizabeth Strout
Viking; $29.99
By Helen Elliott
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Image of Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert reviewing sound-effect tapes produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Time Lords
The Radiophonic Workshop, creator of those ‘Doctor Who’ sound effects, is back
By Anwen Crawford
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Still from Hounds of Love
Lowlife in the suburbs
Ben Young’s ‘Hounds of Love’ presents horror in all-too-familiar surrounds
By Shane Danielsen
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Image of ‘Snow-covered Field with a Harrow (After Millet)’
Sensory cycles
‘Van Gogh and the Seasons’ at the National Gallery of Victoria
By Sebastian Smee
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Cover of Exit West
‘Exit West’ by Mohsin Hamid
Hamish Hamilton; $32.99
By Helen Elliott
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Cover of The Idiot
‘The Idiot’ by Elif Batuman
Jonathan Cape; $32.99
By Stephanie Bishop
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Feel the divine
A new compilation celebrates the devotional music of jazz legend Alice Coltrane
By Anwen Crawford
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Still from Get Out
Long time coming
‘Get Out’ is a sharp mix of horror, satire and racial commentary
By Shane Danielsen
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Image of Donna Sherwani
Language woken up
Detained asylum seekers tell their own stories in ‘They Cannot Take the Sky’
By Maria Tumarkin
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Image of Rose Nolan, Big Words – To keep going, breathing helps (circle work), 2016–17
The state of our art
What does ‘The National’ say about contemporary Australian art?
By Julie Ewington
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Still from Loving
‘Loving’ directed by Jeff Nichols
eOne Films
By Harry Windsor
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Cover of Fever Dream
‘Fever Dream’ by Samanta Schweblin
Trans. Megan McDowell; Oneworld; $19.99
By Helen Elliott
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Image of George Michael
Crossing over
On George Michael, race and pop
By Anwen Crawford
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Still from Atlanta
The whole follow-your-dreams thing
There’s some bite to Donald Glover’s languid, lyrical comedy series ‘Atlanta’
By Luke Davies
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