Twins, pumas and a colonial western in Robbie Arnott’s Dusk

Twins, pumas and a colonial western in Robbie Arnott’s Dusk; gay lives, racial politics, class, theatre and exquisite writing, in Alan Hollinghurst’s Our Evenings; and writing between the myths, rumours and religious speculation of a mediaeval woman pope in Emily Maguire's Rapture. BOOKS Robbie Arnott, Dusk, Picador Alan Hollinghurst, Our Evenings, Picador Emily Maguire, Rapture, Allen & Unwin GUESTS Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney – with a special interest in Shakespeare and contemporary gay literature. His books include Disavowing Authority in the Shakespeare Classroom and Shakespeare’s Body Parts: Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays Meredith Lake, presents Soul Search on ABC Radio National as well as Mornings on ABC Alice Springs. She is also a historian of religion, whose latest book is The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Jon Ransom, The Gallopers Max Porter, works Cynan Jones, works Arelhekenhe Angkentye - Women’s Talk, Poems of Lyapirtneme from Arrernte Women in Central Australia Kim Mahood, Craft for a Dry Lake; Position Doubtful; Wandering with Intent CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Roi Huberman, Ann-Marie Debettencor Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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