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  • Author:agent David Malouf http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/malouf-david
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Being There : An Australian Literary Anthology
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'Words, music, art and performance. The stuff of a satisfying life.

'After exploring the idea of home, where and what it is in A First Place, what does it mean to be a writer and where writing begins in The Writing Life, David Malouf moves on to words and music and art and performance in Being There.

With pieces on the Sydney Opera House - then and now - responses to art, artists and architects, and including Malouf's not previously published libretti for Voss and a translation of Hippolytus, this is an unmissable and stimulating collection of one man's connection to the world of art, ideas and culture.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Random House Australia , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Stigma, A Happening, 1965, David Malouf , single work essay
Being There, David Malouf , single work essay
Opera, David Malouf , single work essay
Something to Sing About, David Malouf , single work essay
Nabucco, David Malouf , single work essay
Growing up with the Stars, David Malouf , single work essay
The South, David Malouf , single work essay
Questions on the Way to an Exhibition, David Malouf , single work essay
Second Nature, David Malouf , single work essay
How an Angel at Bennelong Point Gave Sydney Its Spirit, David Malouf , single work column
Tribute delivered by David Malouf at the New South Wales state memorial service for Joern Utzon, 25 March 2009.
Glenn Murcutt's Tough Lyricism, David Malouf , single work essay
Bill Henson, David Malouf , single work essay
'The Careful Surveyor, Mandy Martin, Peripecia, David Malouf , single work essay
William Robinson, David Malouf , single work essay
A Slow Dance to Unheard Music, David Malouf , single work essay
Passing Show, David Malouf , single work essay
Two Libretti : Voss and Mer de Glace, David Malouf , single work essay
Voss, David Malouf , single work essay
Mer de Grace, David Malouf , single work essay
Hippolytus, David Malouf , single work drama

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Sentimental Educations : The Poetry of David Malouf Martin Duwell , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 85-111)

'David Malouf's poetry, marvellous as it is, is only one, comparatively small, part of a literary output noted for the variety of his modes. It is difficult to name many other writers working in poetry, the novel, the short story, the memoir, the review, the play, the critical essay and even libretti. It's tempting to say that, as in Malouf's imaginative universe, the boundaries between these modes are more porous than usual. In fact it is not a matter of Malouf mastering and excelling in different modes, but rather one of his transforming the latent possibilities of existing modes in order to make them play a part in the unfolding and expansions of this universe.' (Introduction)

Provocatively Calm : On David Malouf as Essayist Patrick Allington , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 39 2017;
''This article examines the essays of David Malouf, many of which have been recently collected in three thematic volumes: A First Place (2014a), The Writing Life (2014b) and Being There (2015). My starting point is to argue that Malouf’s most important essays are politically charged. As a writer-activist he posits distinctive, sometimes controversial, positions, arguing strongly and passionately for alternative ways of thinking about Australia and the world, and indeed alternative ways for human beings to move through, and participate in, the world. However, Malouf is no firebrand: the tone of his essays is relentlessly calm; he brings together the emphatic and the empathetic, and he still tries to convince the reader. This article focuses on the political implications of Malouf’s calm but opinionated approach to his essays, as well as on how Malouf sets out to persuade readers. (Introduction)
David Malouf , A First Place; The Writing Life and Being There Roger Osborne , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , June vol. 23 no. 1 2016; (p. 97-99)

'As a poet, librettist, short story writer and novelist, David Malouf has produced more than twenty volumes since his Bicycle and Other Poems was published in 1970. Until recently, 12 Edmondstone Street (1984) was his only volume of non- fiction. But throughout his writing career, he has also been an active reviewer, essayist and public speaker. His words can be found in the files of magazines and newspapers, and in his introductions to works of literature, performances and art exhibitions. His public addresses live on in the memories of those fortunate enough to have heard him speak.' (Introduction)

The Breaking of Dreams : Completion of David Malouf's Selected Essays Luke Slattery , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 371 2015; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Being There : An Australian Literary Anthology David Malouf , 2015 selected work essay
Body of Work Geordie Williamson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 2015; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Being There : An Australian Literary Anthology David Malouf , 2015 selected work essay
Body of Work Geordie Williamson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 2015; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Being There : An Australian Literary Anthology David Malouf , 2015 selected work essay
Invitation to a Conversation Michael Morley , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 March 2014; (p. 34) The Sunday Age , 29 March 2015; (p. 30)

— Review of Being There : An Australian Literary Anthology David Malouf , 2015 selected work essay
The Breaking of Dreams : Completion of David Malouf's Selected Essays Luke Slattery , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 371 2015; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Being There : An Australian Literary Anthology David Malouf , 2015 selected work essay
Provocatively Calm : On David Malouf as Essayist Patrick Allington , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 39 2017;
''This article examines the essays of David Malouf, many of which have been recently collected in three thematic volumes: A First Place (2014a), The Writing Life (2014b) and Being There (2015). My starting point is to argue that Malouf’s most important essays are politically charged. As a writer-activist he posits distinctive, sometimes controversial, positions, arguing strongly and passionately for alternative ways of thinking about Australia and the world, and indeed alternative ways for human beings to move through, and participate in, the world. However, Malouf is no firebrand: the tone of his essays is relentlessly calm; he brings together the emphatic and the empathetic, and he still tries to convince the reader. This article focuses on the political implications of Malouf’s calm but opinionated approach to his essays, as well as on how Malouf sets out to persuade readers. (Introduction)
David Malouf , A First Place; The Writing Life and Being There Roger Osborne , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , June vol. 23 no. 1 2016; (p. 97-99)

'As a poet, librettist, short story writer and novelist, David Malouf has produced more than twenty volumes since his Bicycle and Other Poems was published in 1970. Until recently, 12 Edmondstone Street (1984) was his only volume of non- fiction. But throughout his writing career, he has also been an active reviewer, essayist and public speaker. His words can be found in the files of magazines and newspapers, and in his introductions to works of literature, performances and art exhibitions. His public addresses live on in the memories of those fortunate enough to have heard him speak.' (Introduction)

Sentimental Educations : The Poetry of David Malouf Martin Duwell , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 85-111)

'David Malouf's poetry, marvellous as it is, is only one, comparatively small, part of a literary output noted for the variety of his modes. It is difficult to name many other writers working in poetry, the novel, the short story, the memoir, the review, the play, the critical essay and even libretti. It's tempting to say that, as in Malouf's imaginative universe, the boundaries between these modes are more porous than usual. In fact it is not a matter of Malouf mastering and excelling in different modes, but rather one of his transforming the latent possibilities of existing modes in order to make them play a part in the unfolding and expansions of this universe.' (Introduction)

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