Tag: literature
Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona
Image: The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1592). Public domain
Whether taken as a good or bad quality, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona is a confounding novel....
MUMA – Shelley Lasica: performance / exhibition – 2 WEEKS ONLY
AUSTRALIAN FIRST – MAJOR CHOREOGRAPHIC SURVEY
Shelley Lasica: WHEN I AM NOT THERE
16–27 August 2022
Shelley Lasica is one of Australia’s most influential choreographers and artists.
Reflecting on...
MUMA – Shelley Lasica: performance / exhibition
AUSTRALIAN FIRST – MAJOR CHOREOGRAPHIC SURVEY
Shelley Lasica: WHEN I AM NOT THERE
16–27 August 2022
Shelley Lasica is one of Australia’s most influential choreographers and artists. Reflecting...
Sunday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women
Musician and poet Patti Smith: ‘always evolving’. Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise...
Sunday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling
Why don’t chimpanzees rule the world? Is storytelling - the mysterious glue that enables millions of humans to cooperate effectively - the answer? Shutterstock
Writers can’t...
Guide to the classics: The Wind in the Willows — a tale of wanderlust, male bonding, and timeless delight
Image: Flickr
Like several classics penned during the golden age of children’s literature, The Wind in the Willows was written with a particular child in mind.
Alastair Grahame...