Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett is Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy. His many publications include Dorothy Hewett: Selected Critical Essays (1995).

Bruce Bennett reviews 'The Automatic Oracle' by Peter Porter

May 1988, no. 100 • 01 May 1988

In the The Automatic Oracle, Peter Porter’s second book since his Collected Poems (1983), this writer is at the height of his powers as a versatile, intelligent, and provocative voice of our times. He is a resistance fighter against false prophecies by disc jockeys, bureaucrats, businessmen, lawyers, academics, politicians and others. Such utterances must be scrutinised or ridiculed because they ... (read more)

Bruce Bennett reviews 'Selected Prose of Dorothy Hewett' edited by Fiona Morrison

February 2012, no. 338 • 20 January 2012

Best known for her poetry and plays, Dorothy Hewett was also the author of novels, short stories and numerous reviews, articles and lectures. An excellent Collected Poems (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1995), edited by William Grono, has been complemented by Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett (2010). The highlight of Hewett’s prose writings as a whole is her brilliant autobiography, Wild Card (1990 ... (read more)