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Fiona Wright I was introduced over the weekend to The Curse of Mary Kielly. Mary Kielly’s curse, I was told,

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Fiona Wright It’s only in this last year that I’ve started re-reading. I’ve always kept and collected my books; not

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Many thanks to Ali Alizadeh for his excellent, thought-provoking posts. This month, our blogger will be Fiona Wright. Fiona is

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Ali Alizadeh My previous blogs questioned the goodness of such supposedly good things as ‘community’, ‘nature’ and ‘Australia’ as used

… read more ‘Success’: desire, prohibition and resentment

Ali Alizadeh In my previous two posts I attempted to develop a theory of literary ideology in contemporary Australian writing.

… read more ‘Community’: networks, nepotism and exclusion

Ali Alizadeh My last post took aim at a rather obvious ideological edifice, the new literary patriotism in Australia and

… read more ‘Progress’: ethics, awards and the environment

Ali Alizadeh I am delighted to be this month’s Southerly blogger, and would like to use this opportunity to explore

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An enormous thank you to Maria Takolander for her excellent posts. This month, our blogger is Ali Alizadeh. His bio

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