Alexis Wright. Praiseworthy

Giramondo, 2023. 736 pages. AU$59.95 ISBN 9781922725745 Hardback AU$39.95 ISBN 97819222725325 Paperback

Authors

  • Maria Takolander Independent Scholar

Abstract

Maria Takolander reviews Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright

Author Biography

  • Maria Takolander, Independent Scholar

    Maria Takolander is a fiction writer, poet, essayist, independent scholar, public artist, reviewer, and interviewer.  Sheis the author of a collection of short stories, The Double (Text 2013). The inaugural winner of the Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley short story prize, she is finishing a novel, supported by an Australia Council 'New Work' grant, a Neilma Sidney Travel Fund award, an Arteles Creative Centre residency, and an Australian Institute of Marine Science residency. Maria is also the author of four books of poems: Trigger Warning (UQP 2021); The End of the World (Giramondo 2014); Ghostly Subjects (Salt 2009); and the chapbook Narcissism (Whitmore Press 2005).  She holds PhD in literature and is an independent scholar, with numerous publications in the fields of magical realism and creativity studies.

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Published

2024-12-20

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2024): JASAL 24.1

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Reviews

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Alexis Wright. Praiseworthy : Giramondo, 2023. 736 pages. AU$59.95 ISBN 9781922725745 Hardback AU$39.95 ISBN 97819222725325 Paperback. (2024). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 24(1). https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/20452