Myles McGuire Myles McGuire i(10531674 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 ‘I Want a Mortgage and Comfort’ : Consumption, Totality and Identity in Australian Gay Fiction Rohan Wilson , Craig Bolland , Myles McGuire , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , 19 December vol. 38 no. 3 2023;

'The 2017 Marriage Law Postal Survey marked a historic moment for the gay community in Australia, as it resulted in same-sex unions being recognised under law. For novelists, this historic change served as the impetus to re-evaluate the position of gay men as queer subjectivity became more articulable through the market and was no longer excluded from the social mainstream or, in Marxist terminology, totality. This presents a challenge: how do writers dispense with outdated taxonomies of oppression, while still identifying the unique ways in which those who exist along axes of sexual difference continue to be exploited and oppressed? This article examines The Pillars (2019) by Peter Polites and The Adversary (2020) by Ronnie Scott to identify ways in which this nascent dimension of gay life is being depicted in fiction, arguing that gay fiction in Australia can meaningfully represent, and critique, its relation to capitalism. ' (Publication abstract)
1 Quinoa Nation Myles McGuire , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 78 2022; (p. 108-114)
1 In Between Spaces Myles McGuire , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 110 2017-2018; (p. 6-7) 'My boyfriend is reading a review copy of the new book of essays by Zadie Smith, his first foray into a writer who, for most of my teens and twenties, has occupied a position in my life proximate to God. Quoting aloud from the book in bed, one of the few items of furniture in our new home, we and the spiders were rapt with one particular line.'

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1 The Past Haunts the Present Myles McGuire (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2016; (p. 28-29) 'Liam Pieper author of The Toymaker, recently faced a Q&A session led by young writer and bookshop employee Myles McGuire. The event was held at Riverbend Books in the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba.'
1 Fertile Ground Myles McGuire (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , March vol. 95 no. 3 2016; (p. 24) 'Jane Harper won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her first novel The Dry. She spoke to reviewer Myles McGuire.'
1 A Night at the Opera Myles McGuire , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Winter no. 100 2015; (p. 81-87)

'Ariel is on the couch, her big, veiny arms wrapped around the Filipino, who says his name is Jimmy Deeeen. The kid's got a gap in his teeth the size of a fucking fist, and his hair is dyed the colour of piss, and he says he's heading from here to Hollywood. His shirt's two sizes too small, and the kid is fucking tiny. Ariel didn't say where she found him, and I couldn't give a single fuck. She's always bringing in chumps like this, spitting them out and picking the leftovers from her teeth...' (Publication abstract)
1 The Private Lives of Mermaids Myles McGuire , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 99 2014; (p. 81-87) 'When Mrs McDonald called me to ask if I'd be able to give Lisa a hand with her schoolwork, I was surprised. In the whole time we'd attended the same school, Lisa and I had spoken twice. Once, when she'd been drunk at the semi-formal after-party; the other, when she'd asked to borrow my pencil in biology because hers had broken...'   (Publication abstract)
1 Talking to Strangers Myles McGuire , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Spring no. 98 2014; (p. 9-13) My best friend has this habit of talking to strangers. Wherever we go, he will strike up a conversation with the first person to cross our path, no matter how reluctant they may be to engage with us. It vexes my mind. Having grown up with my parents' constant reminders that all strangers are rapists and murderers, I tend to hang out on the fringes of these exchanges, hoping that my smile doesn't come across as a grimace.' (Publication abstract)
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