The first national guide and only major reference work on gay, lesbian, queer and transgender writing has a tall order to fill. Thanks to Hurley’s practical and sophisticated direction the guide is geared to perform to a demanding audience of both specialist and general interest.
The dead-end problems of producing such a historically destined resource – to include or not to include – are skilfully manoeuvred. Hurley’s introduction acknowledges the limits of such a publication while ushering us into the creative research possibilities of a guide which balances the importance of its inaugural mission with a healthy open-ended approach to the history it is making.
A Guide to Gay and Lesbian Writing in Australia by Michael Hurley
Allen & Unwin, $29.95 pb, 298 pp
In With The Tide: Memoirs of a Storyteller by Michael Noonan
UQP, $24.95 pb, 300 pp
Footprints Across Our Land: Short Stories by Senior Western Desert Women by Jordan Crugnale
Magabala Books, $29.95 pb, 201 pp
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