Australian Book Review

April 2019, no. 410

April 2019, no. 410

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Publisher of the Month

Meredith Curnow is Publisher of the Month

Memoir

Astrid Edwards reviews Diving into Glass: A memoir by Caro Llewellyn

by Astrid Edwards

History

Josh Specht reviews A People’s History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin

by Joshua Specht

Poem

'Lost World Sonnets', a new poem by Bronwyn Lea

Memoir

Lewis Rosenberg reviews Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, humanist, heretic by Stanley Corngold

by Lewis Rosenberg

Religion

Paul Collins reviews New Jerusalem by Paul Ham

by Paul Collins

Poetry

Joan Fleming reviews Short Poems of New Zealand edited by Jenny Bornholdt

by Joan Fleming

Poetry

Jen Webb reviews Blakwork by Alison Whittaker and Walking with Camels: The story of Bertha Strehlow by Leni Shilton

Memoir

Jarrod Hore reviews Kindred: A Cradle Mountain love story by Kate Legge

Fiction

Jacinta Mulders reviews The Hollow Bones by Leah Kaminsky

by Jacinta Mulders

History

Alison Broinowski reviews Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the present by Christopher Harding

by Alison Broinowski

Politics

Lyndon Megarrity reviews Elections Matter edited by Benjamin T. Jones, Frank Bongiorno, and John Uhr

by Lyndon Megarrity

Memoir

Jacqueline Kent reviews The Blackburns: Private lives, public ambition by Carolyn Rasmussen

by Jacqueline Kent

Theatre

Ian Dickson reviews Dramatic Exchanges: The lives and letters of the National Theatre edited by Daniel Rosenthal

Fiction

Jane Rawson reviews The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson

Fiction

Naama Grey-Smith reviews A Universe of Sufficient Size by Miriam Sved

by Naama Grey-Smith

Fiction

Robin Gerster reviews The War Artist by Simon Cleary

by Robin Gerster

Fiction

Susan Varga reviews The Happiness Glass by Carol Lefevre

Fiction

Francesca Sasnaitis reviews Invented Lives by Andrea Goldsmith

by Francesca Sasnaitis

Fiction

Bronwyn Lea reviews Islands by Peggy Frew

Fiction

Paul Giles reviews A Season on Earth by Gerald Murnane

Politics

Andrew Broertjes reviews Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics by Dominic Kelly and Rise of the Right by Greg Barns

by Andrew Broertjes

Politics

Glyn Davis reviews Prime Movers: From Pericles to Gandhi by Ferdinand Mount

Politics

Simon Tormey reviews Whiteshift: Populism, immigration, and the future of white majorities by Eric Kaufmann

by Simon Tormey

Literary Studies

Tim Mehigan reviews Beyond the Ancient Quarrel: Literature, philosophy and J.M. Coetzee edited by Patrick Hayes and Jan Wilm

Commentary

'Forced marriage: MAFS and reality television’s chamber of horrors' by Alecia Simmonds

by Alecia Simmonds

Australian History

Zora Simic reviews The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia by Michelle Arrow

Australian History

Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews A History of South Australia by Paul Sendziuk and Robert Foster

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Photography

Philip Jones reviews Capturing Nature: Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857–1893 by Vanessa Finney

by Philip Jones

Russian History

Sheila Fitzpatrick reviews The Kremlin Letters edited by David Reynolds and Vladimir Pechatnov

by Sheila Fitzpatrick

Religion

Barney Zwartz reviews In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, homosexuality, hypocrisy by Frédéric Martel

by Barney Zwartz

Commentary

Alex Tighe reviews Delayed Response: The art of waiting from the ancient to the instant world by Jason Farman

Commentary

Suzy Freeman-Greene reviews Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion edited by Louise Swinn

by Suzy Freeman-Greene

Commentary

Russell Blackford reviews Trigger Warnings: Political correctness and the rise of the right by Jeff Sparrow

by Russell Blackford

Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - April 2019

by Australian Book Review

Letters

Letters to the Editor - April 2019

by Marilyn Lake