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'This year's Best Australian Essays offers riveting snapshots of the nation's "current loves and angers, its art and myths and amusements and gender concerns - and its propensity for bushfires."

'From Alex Miller on the creative imagination to Mark Dapin on crime myths, from Amanda Hooton on Miss Universe to Tim Flannery on the inner lives of animals, this is a collection that takes the pulse of the nation's writers and thinkers and finds them in rude health.' (From the publisher's website.)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Talking for Posterity : Peter Porter 1929-2010, Clive James , single work obituary (p. 1-6)
The Inferno, Christine Kenneally , single work essay (p. 7-19)
Patrick White's London, David Marr , single work essay (p. 24-42)
On Marriage, Andrew Sant , single work autobiography (p. 55-61)
The Culturestate, Guy Rundle , single work criticism (p. 62-73)
Note: With title: Culturestate
Sister Act, Peter Conrad , single work essay (p. 74-83)
Note: With title: Something Sacred
Rick Grossman : The Trip Home, Maureen O'Shaughnessy , single work biography (p. 98-104)
'Freud Has a Name for It' : A. A. Phillip's 'The Cultural Cringe', Ian Henderson , single work criticism
Henderson argues that the primary concern of Phillips's essay 'The Cultural Cringe' was not the production but the reception of Australian writing and that the essay is 'underpinned by a reception theory that begets a culturally specific hsitory of reading'. His aim is 'to distil that theory, and I will do so by drawing together the history of Phillips's use of the term and his late characterization of it in specific psychoanalytic terms' (127).
(p. 105-116)
The Smoking Vegetarian, David Brooks , single work prose (p. 150-160)
Country and Western, Sunil Badami , single work prose (p. 161-168)
Infinite Anthology : Adventures in Lexiconia, Les Murray , single work criticism (p. 169-179)
Art + Darkness, Janet Hawley , single work biography (p. 180-192)
The States of the Nation, David Malouf , single work essay (p. 193-202)
The Only Things I Remember from School, Murray Bail , single work autobiography (p. 225-228)
Waxing Wiser Than Oneself, Alex Miller , single work essay (p. 260-272)
On Being Odd, Lorna Hallahan , single work essay

'In "On Being Odd", Lorna Hallahan ... writes about a different form of stigmatisation: the marginalisation of the different, the disabled, the supposedly "odd" or "grotesque".'

Source: Australian Book Review, 'Advances', May 2010

(p. 287-299)
Born in Vietnam, Made in Australia : Getting the Fish Sauce Recipe Right, Pauline Nguyen , single work autobiography (p. 300-306)
The Ace of Spades : Tree Change in a Time of Change, Carmel Bird , single work autobiography (p. 307-314)
High Times at the Hotel Desiccation, Sarah Drummond , single work column (p. 337-339)
A Fine and Public Place, Gerard Windsor , single work prose (p. 340-348)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2010 .
      Extent: 356p.
      Series: y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays Black Inc. (publisher), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2000-2018 Z1731488 2000 series - publisher essay extract prose review

      The first of the three 'Best of' collections, Best Australian Essays was initiated in 1998 (then published by Bookman Press) under the guidance of executive chair Morry Schwartz and edited by Peter Craven. In March 2018, Black Inc, announced the cancellation of all three, replaced by the series Best Summer Stories.

      Number in series: 11

Works about this Work

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Annual Harvest Gathers Fine Writing Jose Borghino , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , 6 April vol. 6 no. 3 2011; (p. 16-17)

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A Snapshot of National Sentiment Simon Castles , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 January 2011; (p. 23)

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Strangers in the Know: An Anthology of ‘Irresolute Fancies’ Geordie Williamson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 44-45)

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Lesser Lights Sparkle in a Strong and Varied Collection A. P. Riemer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 30-31)

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An Australian Feast William Charles , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 370 2010; (p. 33)

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Wide Road to Wit and Wisdom Diane Stubbings , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 25)

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Hot off the Presses Geordie Williamson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Five Bells Gail Jones , 2011 single work novel ; The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay ; The Body in the Clouds Ashley Hay , 2010 single work novel ; The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel ; The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Stories 2010 2010 anthology short story extract ; The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems Peter Porter , 2010 selected work poetry
Lesser Lights Sparkle in a Strong and Varied Collection A. P. Riemer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay
Strangers in the Know: An Anthology of ‘Irresolute Fancies’ Geordie Williamson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 44-45)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay
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