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Virtual Murdoch by Neil Chenoweth & Working for Rupert by Hugh Lunn
by Gideon Haigh •
An Indelible Stain?: The question of genocide in Australia’s history by Henry Reynolds
by Tony Barta •
Rhetoric has a bad name. And for good reason. Not only does it suggest insincerity and verbal manipulation, it also has a strong odour of scholasticism about it. It is with some trepidation, therefore, that I turn to ancient rhetoric to urge upon you two terms I find useful in thinking about contemporary Australian poetry. I will make it as palatable as I can and hope it doesn’t choke going down. Whether it is nourishing or not, I leave you to decide.
... (read more)If T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound
Came back to life, again it would be found
One had the gab, the other had the gift
And each looked to the other for a lift ...