My article on Gerald Murnane’s A Million Windows is finally live at TEXT Journal (and open access!). It’s an assortment of thoughts on how and why certain obsessive critics have responded to Murnane + my attempt to write from within the House of Fiction.
https://t.co/tAuYHyPWyJ
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die…his feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
New review by me in which I'm sadly very negative. Small publishers are the lifeblood of AusLit, so when a new one emerges promising the strange and unusual, I'll be extra-critical on whether they deliver on the promise or not...
https://t.co/LYF8lJCiHy
So sad to hear about the passing of Australian experimental author Moya Costello—a great writer, a lovely human being, an excellent scholar and teacher, and the inspiration for Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello.
“If we’ve learned anything from the recent slew of Zionist attacks on culture in Australia, it’s that institutions — mainly universities — are often a poisoned chalice for writers and editors.”
Deputy editor Eli McLean on the closure of MEANJIN. https://t.co/904VhuDYXU
@teo_ess I’m very predictable haha. I do think the argument is about right though. But I’d say Book of Numbers has that dialogic principle at its core, which makes it stand out.