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Sydney Review of Books

Publishing longform criticism and essays by Australia's best writers since 2013. Online and in Parramatta.

Bastards! James Ley on neoliberalism’s degenerates
In Praise of Dourness: Joshua Wodak on fidelity to the cosmic flux
Little Idiosyncrasies and Large Language Models: Rebecca Suter on lonely, quirky humans having chats
Critics Rejoice Tickets
A Playful Re-enactment: Isabelle Li on a day out at Jen Calleja's Fair
The Three-Body Problem: Philip Mead on the cultural orbits of Australian poetry
Tangled Reality: Beth Kearney on Neige Sinno’s multi-perspectival account of sexual violence   Review
Just a Little Longer: Joshua Barnes on a melancholic history of the chapter
Air Supply: Dženana Vucic on sumud and suffocation in Hasib Hourani’s poetry

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