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As Patrick White turns 100, why is no one reading him?
Patrick White, 1912 - 1990 The time has come to speak of Patrick White, whose centenary on May 28th, is fast upon us. I will try to keep this post fairly short because I am currently in such a snit of...
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Patrick White’s Centenary: Australian Monolith, Explorer of the Inner Desert.
208 miles southwest of Alice Springs, in Australia’s Northern Territory, somewhat to the west and south of the dead center of the continent, where, were it a body, its heart would beat forth a...
View ArticleTHE TREE OF MAN: Patrick White Comes to Grips with a God of Spit and Mud
I. THE BOOK: GOD APPEARS IN A GOB OF SPITTLE It is hardly a spoiler to say that on page 508 of Patrick White’s novel The Tree of Man Stan Parker dies. One gathers from the opening pages, in which we...
View ArticleTo Read or To Write? – An Update
Always the tradeoff: If I’m reading copiously, I have less time to write. In lieu of a proper post, here is a rundown on what I’ve been reading, and a teaser for the posts I hope it will produce. 1. In...
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