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May, 2022
Robert Lukins’ second novel takes a Brisbane woman to Nebraska, where an inheritance sparks a change in character as well as in fortune
May, 2022
Ghost notes: Simon Tedeschi’s ‘Fugitive’
A virtuoso memoir of music and trauma, and his experiences as a child prodigy, from the acclaimed Australian pianist
May, 2022
The quip and the dead: Steve Toltz’s ‘Here Goes Nothing’
A bleakly satirical look at death and the afterlife from the wisecracking author of ‘A Fraction of the Whole’
April, 2022
On the ruthless honesty of ‘Monkey Grip’
Helen Garner’s classic 1977 novel broke the usual social agreement about what can and can’t be said
April, 2022
A writer unfolded: Elena Ferrante’s ‘In the Margins’
In an essay collection, the mysterious author of the Neapolitan novels pursues the “excessive” to counter patriarchal literature’s dominance
March, 2022
Shadowboxing with history: ‘The Secret Wife’
Mark Lamprell’s novel about 1960s housewives takes a whimsical look at social expectations about working women
March, 2022
My small part in the making of ‘The Power of the Dog’
How a conversation about Patrick White led to the making of Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated film
March, 2022
Poet Omar Sakr’s debut novel depicts coming of age as a queer Muslim in Western Sydney
February, 2022
‘Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters’ by Ben Burgis
On the question of why Christopher Hitchens still matters, Ben Burgis ultimately has little to say
February, 2022
Eastern blocked: Lea Ypi’s ‘Free’
Growing up in Eastern Europe in the ’90s, as the free market’s arrival failed to ‘end history’