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Non-fiction
The Sea That We Swim In
For those of us on the left who want to shift how we do politics, we have to get clearer on what liberalism looks like, how it is rationalised, and how everyone is implicated, to differing degrees and effects. More than just ‘clarifying misconceptions’, we have to identify and unlearn the liberalism that runs through our lives.
Sep. 2022 •
Non-fiction • Philosophy and critical theory
The Many Lives of Elizabeth von Arnim
Why was Elizabeth von Arnim so quickly and thoroughly forgotten? I wonder if the answer instead lies in the honesty with which she writes about women, the double standards to which they are habitually subjected, and the men whose unthinking or appalling behaviour so often shapes their life trajectories.
Aug. 2022 •
Australian literature • Australian writers • Biography • Non-fiction • Emerging Critics 2021