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The best Australian essays 2012 / edited by Ramona Koval. |
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Author: |
Koval, Ramona, 1954-
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Imprint: |
Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc., c2012. |
Collation: |
21 cm. x, 310 p. : bib., pbk ; |
Subject: |
Australian essays Australian short stories Australian literature
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Series: |
Best Australian essays
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ISBN: |
9781863955799 (pbk.) 1863955798 (pbk) |
Notes: |
Collects the year's finest works of non-fiction. These essays roam widely, capturing the preoccupations and events of the previous year. Showcasing our finest writers on a range of topics both public and personal, The Best Australian Essays is an indispensable record of the year that was.
The naked critic: memories of Robert Hughes / Tim Flannery.
Last drinks / Louis Nowra.
Kartiya are like Toyotas: white workers on Australia’s cultural frontier / Kim Mahood.
The murder of Azaria / John Bryson.
Water under the bridge: a guide to the Murray-Darling Basin / Kate Jennings.
Sublime and profane: our contemporary obsession with food / Maria Tumarkin.
Wardrobe erotics: Akira Isogawa / Peter Robb.
Red dog: a mutiny / Helen Garner.
Shooting lunch / Romy Ash.
Killing / Anna Krien.
We need to talk about Kevin / James Button.
A coup by any other name / Rhys Muldoon.
Political animal / David Marr.
Old Copmanhurst / Gillian Mears.
Les Murray and the black dog / J.M. Coetzee.
Want Gina wants: Gina Rinehart’s quest for respect and gratitude / Nick Bryant.
A dark victory: how vested interests defeated climate science / Robert Manne.
Raw experience / Rachel Robertson.
This much is true / L.M. Robinson.
The garrulous listener / Gideon Haigh.
A hundred years of John Cage / Andrew Ford.
A critic and a poet / Clive James.
The porn ultimatum: the dehumanising effects of smut / Cordelia Fine.
Passion in a time of war: on the road with Saddam and Miriam / Lee Kofman.
The magic teaspoon / Jennifer Compton.
A private matter / Deborah Robertson.
Quicksilver: reflections / Nicolas Rothwell.
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Notes on contributors.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305)
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