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Emily Laidlaw

Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger by Fiona Wright

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January-February 2016, no. 378
Emily Laidlaw reviews 'Small Acts of Disappearance' by Fiona Wright

Reflecting on the first day she attended a clinic for eating disorders, Sydney poet Fiona Wright admits: 'I'm ... not sure that I would ever have gone ahead with the admission if I hadn't thought that I could write about it later.' This is a remarkably self-aware statement, one that encapsulates the fierce intelligence of her linked essays in Small Acts of Disap ...

Island 135 edited by Matthew Lamb

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February 2014, no. 358
Emily Laidlaw reviews Island Magazine 135, edited by Matthew Lamb

Editor Matthew Lamb stands by his decision to end themed issues of Island. ‘General issues,’ he explains in his latest editorial, ‘allow for more serendipitous encounters with new ideas.’ Cohesion in any literary journal can be tricky, and Island 135 offers a mostly complementary mix of new and old ideas.

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