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Grief is a thing, huh? A messy complicated angry desolate clawed animal eating a hole in your chest.

Grief is a thing, huh? A messy complicated angry desolate clawed animal eating a hole in your chest.

Peeping in here. How many social media platforms can I handle? (Spoiler: one at a time)

Peeping in here. How many social media platforms can I handle? (Spoiler: one at a time)

Pretty damn thrilled that my translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies are shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Literary Awards...

Pretty damn thrilled that my translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies are shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Literary Awards translation prize! Go little book, a real labour of love. In some pretty formidable company! 🥰 #NSWPLA #Poetry

In #SaturdayPaper #books and #writing this week:Novelist Mierille Juchau on Vigdis Hjorth's novel of maternal trauma, Is Mother Dead;...

In #SaturdayPaper #books and #writing this week:

Novelist Mierille Juchau on Vigdis Hjorth's novel of maternal trauma, Is Mother Dead; Nathan Smith review's Paul Biegler's book on new possibilities for dealing with chronic pain, Why Does It Still Hurt? and Linda Jaivin on Don's Watson's The Passion of Private White.

And also new #fiction from Kate Harris, The Joy of Arriving. “Of course it’s not real! We’re on a fucking magical train for fuck’s sake!”

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/fiction/2023/02/04/the-joy-arriving

#SaturdayPaper #arts and #culture this week:A profile of young Australian bandoneónist and #tango composer Owen Salomé from Cameron Pegg;...

#SaturdayPaper #arts and #culture this week:

A profile of young Australian bandoneónist and #tango composer Owen Salomé from Cameron Pegg; #architecture critic Naomi Stead on the Art Gallery of NSW's Sydney Modern; Robert Reid on history, art and the Melbourne Theatre Company's Sunday; John Kinsella on Iggy Pop's Every Loser; Neha Kale talks to art duo The Huxleys on queer icon Leigh Bowery;

#music #theatre

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/music/2023/02/04/bandoneonist-owen-salome

Perhaps it's the suddenly cold weather but today I've been thinking about this #poem I wrote about Vladimir Mayakovsky

Perhaps it's the suddenly cold weather but today I've been thinking about this #poem I wrote about Vladimir Mayakovsky

In #Books this week:Isabella Trimboli on Clarice Lispector: "Lispector’s introspection has often been defined as “hermetic”, but...

In #Books this week:

Isabella Trimboli on Clarice Lispector: "Lispector’s introspection has often been defined as “hermetic”, but her columns make visible her sincere connection to the world. She is in constant dialogue with her readers."

Monique Grbec on Jessica John's Bad Cree: "Reading this paranormal thriller is like watching your reflection as you walk towards a glass door"

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen on the terror and beauty of Laura McPhee-Browne's Little Plum

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/books/2023/01/31/too-much-life

Some great reads in today's #SaturdayPaper #culture and #arts:Christos Tsiolkas: Cate Blanchett is magnificently troubling in Todd...

Some great reads in today's #SaturdayPaper #culture and #arts:

Christos Tsiolkas: Cate Blanchett is magnificently troubling in Todd Field’s #film Tár.

Carolyn Barnes: The Peter Tyndall retrospective #VisualArt.

Jini Maxwell reviews the charming #game Pentiment.

In #music, Miriam Cosic profiles Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington.

Kate Holden: Xavier Hennekinne on the #philosophy of Michel Serres

#Fiction: Let them eat cake, by Eleanor Limprecht

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/film/2023/01/28/tar

This week's #Books and #Writing at the #SaturdayPaper:Fiona Wright reviews Hayley Singer's "thanatography", Abandon Every...

This week's #Books and #Writing at the #SaturdayPaper:

Fiona Wright reviews Hayley Singer's "thanatography", Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead.
Andy Jackson on Lucy Dougan's new poetry collection, Monster Field: "The voice of the poems is somehow both casual and composed."

John Martinkus on the Painter and Dockers' lead singer Paulie Stewart's autobiography All The Rage.

New #fiction from John Kinsella: Sandbagging Yeats’ tower: finding the uncaged bird

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/fiction/2023/01/21/sandbagging-yeats-tower-finding-the-uncaged-bird

Back from leave at the #SaturdayPaper with a fab issue! This week's #arts:Nadine von Cohen swaps notes with David SedarisTristen Harwood...

Back from leave at the #SaturdayPaper with a fab issue! This week's #arts:

Nadine von Cohen swaps notes with David Sedaris

Tristen Harwood reviews Tomás Saraceno at Mona, Hobart

Isabella Trimboli on how Frances O'Connor's biopic of Emily Brontë’ reduces her life and work

Chantal Nguyen looks over the highlights of the Sydney Festival

Pixy Liao on Finnish photographer Elina Brotherus

#Culture #VisualArt #Film #Performance #Writing

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/comedy/2023/01/21/humorist-david-sedaris

Back at work this week and it's not so bad. Though another month of creative idleness would be excellent. The world needs more reverie

Back at work this week and it's not so bad. Though another month of creative idleness would be excellent. The world needs more reverie

Me neither :)

Me neither :)

Honestly don't mind inventing them for myself tho

Honestly don't mind inventing them for myself tho

Perhaps it's because we never went on family holidays when I was a kid, so I don't really know how to do them

Perhaps it's because we never went on family holidays when I was a kid, so I don't really know how to do them

I am spending my holidays trying to appreciate my indolent days to the full and also trying not to feel guilty about it. They're...

I am spending my holidays trying to appreciate my indolent days to the full and also trying not to feel guilty about it. They're HOLIDAYS dammit

Happy New Year mastodonians! I am seeing it in at home with Aperol Spritz, Maha and roses. (I hate going out on NYE). Best wishes to you...

Happy New Year mastodonians! I am seeing it in at home with Aperol Spritz, Maha and roses. (I hate going out on NYE). Best wishes to you all, and see you on the other side! ❤️❤️❤️

For those asking about the very chocolate cake: herewith the finished item. The cake contains half a kilo of chocolate but the recipe also...

For those asking about the very chocolate cake: herewith the finished item. The cake contains half a kilo of chocolate but the recipe also makes a ridiculous amount of ganache, some of which is on the cake and a lot of which isn’t. Nice ganache but really didn’t need a kilo of it?

Every year I decorate the Tree of Tales for Christmas, this year went a feral on the bird life. I bought that beautiful papier-mâché angel...

Every year I decorate the Tree of Tales for Christmas, this year went a feral on the bird life. I bought that beautiful papier-mâché angel in Smith St almost thirty years ago, still love it. Merry Christmas to you all! May it be a time of peace and blessings, whether you celebrate or not 💖

So I confused solstices and equinoxes and am now in pagan prison never post without coffee

So I confused solstices and equinoxes and am now in pagan prison never post without coffee

Happy summer equinox, fellow antipodeans! I am celebrating by taking my equinoctial husband out to a fancy restaurant for his birthday

Happy summer equinox, fellow antipodeans! I am celebrating by taking my equinoctial husband out to a fancy restaurant for his birthday