Arjun Rajkhowa Arjun Rajkhowa i(8245716 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Theatre Review : An Imaginary Life, Moores Building Art Space, Fremantle Arjun Rajkhowa , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2024;

— Review of An Imaginary Life Kim Carpenter , 1986 single work drama

'An impressive adaptation of David Malouf's classic novella about Ovid.'

1 Performance Review : The Pool, Perth Festival Arjun Rajkhowa , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , February 2024;

— Review of The Pool Steve Rodgers , 2024 single work drama

'A site-specific location makes this poolside production an innovative treat.'

1 Book Review : The In-Between, Christos Tsiolkas Arjun Rajkhowa , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2023;

— Review of The In-Between Christos Tsiolkas , 2023 single work novel

'Christos Tsiolkas' new novel is a tender and poignant tale about a later-life romance between two men.'

1 Performance Review : Jurrungu Ngan-Ga (Straight Talk), State Theatre Centre of WA Arjun Rajkhowa , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2023;

— Review of Jurrungu Ngan-ga 2021 single work musical theatre

'A dance performance that takes us into the brutality of prisons and detention centres.'

1 Theatre Review : Taking Liberty, WA Maritime Museum Arjun Rajkhowa , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2023;

— Review of Taking Liberty Ingle Knight , 2008 single work drama

'Taking Liberty is a celebration of Australia's 1983 America’s Cup sailing win.'

1 Theatre Review : Flake, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre Arjun Rajkhowa , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , October 2023;

— Review of Flake Dan Lee , 2023 single work drama

'A story of family, connection and dislocation set in Hanoi.'

1 Theatre Review : #NoExemptions Arjun Rajkhowa , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , May 2022;

— Review of #NoExemptions Angela Buckingham , 2021 single work drama

'Survival of the desperate and the cunning in a dystopian world.'

1 Book Review : Born into This by Adam Thompson Arjun Rajkhowa , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2021;

— Review of Born Into This Adam Thompson , 2021 selected work short story

'Born into this by Adam Thompson is a collection of short stories about Aboriginal identity in Tasmania, and contains thoughtful reflections on belonging, pride, shame, social fatigue and more.'

1 Book Review : Biting the Clouds by Fiona Foley (UQP) Arjun Rajkhowa , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2020;

— Review of Biting The Clouds Fiona Foley , 2020 multi chapter work criticism

'Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds is exceptional.'

1 Book Review : Redfern: Aboriginal Activism in the 1970s by Johanna Perheentupa Arjun Rajkhowa , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , December 2020;

— Review of Redfern : Aboriginal Activism in the 1970s Johanna Perheentupa. , 2020 multi chapter work criticism

'A history of the establishment of some key pioneering Aboriginal community groups and organisations in Redfern, Sydney, paving the way for similar organisations across Australia.'

1 Tell Me I’m Okay by David Bradford (Monash University Publishing) Arjun Rajkhowa , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2019;

— Review of Tell Me I'm Okay : A Doctor's Story David Bradford , 2018 single work autobiography

'A doctor’s personal memoir and a concise history of Australia’s response to the HIV/AIDS crisis.'

1 Verdict on a Winter Afternoon Arjun Rajkhowa , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 237 2019; (p. 105-109)
1 [Review] Living and Loving in Diversity : An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures Arjun Rajkhowa , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Intercultural Studies , vol. 40 no. 4 2019; (p. 521-523)

— Review of Living and Loving in Diversity : An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures 2018 anthology autobiography
'Since Multicultural queer: Australian narratives (1999) edited by Peter Jackson and Gerard Sullivan, the book Living and Loving in Diversity: An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures. is Australia’s most significant anthology on and by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people from multicultural-multifaith (MCMF) backgrounds. With essays, commentaries, and narrative prose and poetry, this anthology straddles different genres and cultural spaces. It is a compendium of multifarious stories that speak to and seek to reckon with experiences of living in (multicultural) Australia as an ethnically, culturally or religiously diverse LGBTIQ person. At its core, it is a repository of memories and recollections, a composite of narratives that describe the challenges and triumphs, and joys and pain of lives lived on the boundaries of belonging and not-belonging; this is a book that charts how the boundaries and parameters of MCMF, ‘mainstream’ Australian, and queer social, cultural and political paradigms – and the values and conflicts that define these paradigms – have shaped the lives of LGBTIQ MCMF individuals. In a sense, this is a confessional compendium; disclosure and revelation serve to intimately narrate each author’s life history to the reader. Each of the authors demonstrates an invigoratingly honest approach to telling their stories.' (Introduction)
1 We Weren’t Born Yesterday : Reflections on a Radio Documentary Series Arjun Rajkhowa , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 41 no. 3 2017; (p. 380-387)

'We Weren't Born Yesterday is a series of radio documentaries produced by the Queering the Air collective on 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne, that explores queer heritage, vocabulary and intergenerational connections in migrant communities in Australia. It was broadcast in February 2015 on 3CR, SBS, Joy and other stations on the Community Radio Network. The collective produced four hour-long radio features focused on the voices of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer people from diasporic backgrounds, with each feature focused on one cultural/linguistic community—Vietnamese, Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic and Indian (Hindi). This article presents insights that emerged from the series as well as the producers’ reflections on the series.'

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1 Difficult Belongings Arjun Rajkhowa , Jay Daniel Thompson , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Special Issue Website Series , October no. 31 2015;
'The emergence of queer theory and politics in the 1990s was widely touted as heralding a new era of sexual inclusivity. However, this has not proved to be the case for everyone. This fictocritical essay features three vignettes of gay male Asian migrants living in Australia. We suggest that the sense of belonging these men develop is complex and difficult. All three subjects find themselves straddling two artificially polarised worlds: the white and modern world of ‘gay Australia’ and the racialised and striated ‘migrant’ world. This work explores some intersections of sexuality, belonging, race and migration in contemporary Australia through alternating acts of scholarly and creative writing. ' (Publication abstract)
1 Elder Journeys : A Reflection on Two Stories of Survival Arjun Rajkhowa , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , no. 19 2015;
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