Betty Snowden Betty Snowden i(A111532 works by)
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1 2 y separately published work icon Max Harris : With Reason, Without Rhyme Betty Snowden , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2015 8454339 2015 single work biography

'Max Harris, Adelaide born writer, poet, critic, bookseller and newspaper columnist, who is widely known as the victim of the Ern Malley hoax and for founding the literary journal Angry Penguins. Max deserves to be acknowledged for much more than this. Angry Penguins only took up six years of his life. The hoax and subsequent obscenity trial were humiliating, but he learnt from them, regained his confidence and went on to become one of the most significant figures in Australian literary and art modernism. Max had a regular column in the Australian which was widely read, and his later important journals, Australian Letters and Australian Book Review were leading journals in their field. He pioneered many aspects of bookselling and publishing. Max was an inspirational figure …' (Publisher's Website)

1 Max Harris : A Phenomenal Adelaide Literary Figure Betty Snowden , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 163-181)
1 Overlooking Max Harris Betty Snowden , 2012 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 4)
Betty Snowden counters some of David Marr's assertions, in 'So Much of Our Life in It', relating to Patrick White and his relationship with the city of Adelaide.
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