The New Yorker is only one week behind us with an Updike review of Peter Carey's Theft and a number of works from the archives by Australian authors and New Yorker-affiliated writers who are participating in the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
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--Marshal ZeringueSherman Alexie, “The Toughest Indian in the World” (6/21/99)
Jon Lee Anderson, “American Viceroy” (12/19/05)
Andy Borowitz, “Real-Estate Note” (1/24/05), “Try These Fun Hoaxes” (5/16/05), and “Nazis Say the Darnedest Things” (5/22/06)
Mark Danner, an excerpt from “The Truth of El Mozote” (12/6/1993)
Aleksandar Hemon, “Love and Obstacles” (11/28/05)
Hendrik Hertzberg, “Landmarks” (2/14 & 221/05), “Mired” (8/22/05), and “Bah
Humbug” (12/26/05 & 1/2/06)Susan Orlean, “Little Wing” (2/13/2006)
Murray Sayle, “Nerve Gas and the Four Noble Truths” (4/1/96)
Selected pieces by Australian writers:
Murray Bail, “Healing” (4/16/79)
Geraldine Brooks, “The Painted Desert” (7/28/03), “Unfinished Business” (10/17/05)
Joan Colebrook, “A Veranda on a Corner of a Continent” (1/21/85)
Shirley Hazzard, “The Place To Be” (6/29/87)
Les Murray, “The House Left in English” (8/18/03), “Airscapes” (12/8/03), and “The Mare Out on the Road” (6/13/05)
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