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The Penguin book of gay Australian writing / edited by Graeme Aitken ; with a critical reflection by Michael Hurley.

Title
The Penguin book of gay Australian writing / edited by Graeme Aitken ; with a critical reflection by Michael Hurley.
Publication
Camberwell, Vic. ; New York : Penguin Books, 2002.

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TextRequest in advance PR9617.35.G37 P46 2002Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Aitken, Graeme, 1963-
  • Hurley, Michael.
Description
422 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
A retrospective overview of writing by gay men in Australia, this collection encompasses short stories, extracts from novels and memoir, essays, letters and poetry.--Cover.
Alternative Title
Gay Australian writing
Subject
  • Gay men's writings, Australian
  • Gay men > Literary collections
  • Gay men > Australia
Genre/Form
Literary collections
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From Corfu / Robert Dessaix -- from The young desire it / Kenneth 'Seaforth' Mackenzie -- Francis Silver / Hal Porter -- from The letters of Patrick White / Patrick White -- from At the Cross / Jon Rose -- from The story of Harold Friday / John Lonie -- from Fairyland / Sumner Locke Elliott -- from Not quite straight / Jeffrey Smart -- Shame and forgiveness / David Marr -- from Medea's children / Con Anemogiannis -- Madeleine / Nick Enright -- from Black hours / Wayne King -- from Defying gravity / Dennis Altman -- from Screw loose / Peter Blazey -- Eating cheesecake / Gary Dunne -- Grafton / William Yang -- Closer / David Malouf -- White telephone ; Donatello in Wangaratta / Peter Rose -- from Desirelines / Richard Wherrett -- Your first time? / Phillip Scott -- from Holding the man / Timothy Conigrave -- from Loaded / Christos Tsiolkas -- from Pussy's bow / Neal Drinnan -- Out of Australia / David M. Halperin -- Critical reflection / Michael Hurley.
ISBN
0143000012
LCCN
^^2002491865
OCLC
  • 51764125
  • SCSB-10525398
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library