Shakespeare 2022: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Notes on Love’s Labour’s Lost.
thoughts on the what, the how, and the why of literature
At the Edge of the Solid World
Shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award
An Australian Book Review Book of the Year for 2020
“There are, in a sense, many books in this single work, and their merging is gainful, like an alloy whose molten components are improved through complexity… Most extraordinary is Davis Wood’s ability to blur the boundaries between narratives until, from their yielding, edgeless form, emerges a new shape.”
Naama Grey-Smith
Australian Book Review
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Notes on Love’s Labour’s Lost.
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Brief comments and passing thoughts on things I’ve been reading and on the act of reading itself.
A running catalogue of the book reviews I’ve written and published in a range of literary venues.
Occasional thoughts on how to cultivate critical skills and reading habits in students of literature.
Snippets of prose that captivate me.
Some notes on what I’m trying to do, and what I’m actually doing, when I’m writing fiction.
Various views — mine and others’ — on the purpose of literary criticism and best practice in reviewing.
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