Category: Publications
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On ‘Converge’
Seizure have published my short, short story ‘Converge’ as part of their Flashers series. Read ‘er here. Favourite thing about this piece? The fish bone bit. Oh, and this AllFoods is on my jogging route. I considered providing a photo of it – of the AllFoods sign that hangs from the awning and blinks on Read.
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On Foreign Soil, An Elegant Young Man + Captives
My (somewhat lengthy) review of Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke, An Elegant Young Man by Luke Carman and Captives by Angela Meyer has been published by (the good folk over at) ENTROPY. Thought it worthwhile to evaluate the work of some young Australian writers; by weighing the works against each other, I hope the trends and quality Read.
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On The Coral Battleground
My review of Spinifex Press’s reissue of The Coral Battleground by Judith Wright is up now at Verity La. Proud o’ this one – The Coral Battleground has become something of a conservationist classic – because of Wright’s measured, sober tone, but also because it is genuinely inspiring, a testament to the power of people. But, as mentioned Read.
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On The White Review
My review of number nine of The White Review, an arts and culture quarterly from the UK, is now up at The Writers Bloc. This is my third and likely final piece on lit mags – I feel like I’ve said all I want to say about them now; big thanks to the Writers Bloc Read.
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On three stories
The Bohemyth, an online literary journal out of Dublin, has published a suite of short, short stories, collectively titled “Three Stories”, by me. Read them here (and read the rest of the April issue here). I like the set a lot – and I do think of them as a set rather than standalone pieces, the distinction Read.
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On what the sheep thinks of the sky
Wrote this in a flurry on the weekend; woke up this morning and, like magic, there it was. I’ve had a few of the ideas contained within bouncing around for a while – this was an unusual, though not unwelcome, way of forcing them down on the page, a pile of dead birds as the Read.
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On Juno & Hannah
My review of Juno & Hannah – a Gothic story about two sisters who escape from an insular religious community and set in the bush in 1920s New Zealand – by Beryl Fletcher is up now at Verity La. With thanks to Mr Featherstone. Read.
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On Mary Journal no. 3
I ordered Mary no. 3 and they sent it to my home and I read it and wrote about it here. Read.
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On Music & Literature 3
Music & Literature 3 is now available and features my essay “Mere Dreaming” on Gerald Murnane’s novels Tamarisk Row and A Lifetime on Clouds. I share the edition with Teju Cole, Hari Kunzru, Scott Esposito, Emmett Stinson, Wayne Macauley, Matt Jakubowski, my good buddy KT Kahn and many others, as well as Murnane himself. Needless Read.
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On The Lifted Brow
I had a read of Issue 18 of The Lifted Brow and The Writers Bloc has published my thoughts. Thanks again to Geoff. Read.
Tristan Foster 