Kara Nicholson
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Review — 28 Jan 2018
The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell
After witnessing the devastation from Hurricane Sandy which wreaked havoc on the East Coast of the United States, Cuba and parts of the Caribbean in 2012, Rolling Stone journalist Jeff…
Review — 24 Jul 2017
A Führer for a Father by Jim Davidson
The life of Jim Davidson – prize-winning historian, academic and former editor of Meanjin – warrants a biography of its own. However, Davidson is clear from the first pages that…
Review — 20 Aug 2017
Please Explain by Anna Broinowski
Author and filmmaker Anna Broinowski first introduced herself to Pauline Hanson as a ‘pro-refugee, pro-environment, pro-reconciliation leftie’. She had approached the notorious politician in 2009 with the idea of making…
Review — 26 Jun 2017
Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi
Jamila Rizvi is by no means ‘just lucky’. She has forged a stellar career in federal politics and the media by using her formidable intelligence and working ridiculously hard. Of…
Review — 27 Mar 2017
Things That Helped by Jessica Friedmann
Last year I was challenged by Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, a book its publisher categorised as ‘autotheory’, a kind of hybrid of autobiography and critical theory. Chris Kraus’s I…
Review — 26 Feb 2017
No Way But This by Jeff Sparrow
Jeff Sparrow writes that his journey in search of the athlete, singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson is not intended to produce a conventional biography but rather conjure up a…
Review — 29 Jan 2017
Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine
My favourite statistic from this book is that given ‘optimal breeding conditions’ in a typical hunter-gatherer society a woman has the potential to bear nine to twelve children across her…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
The Great Multinational Tax Rort by Martin Feil
Having spent decades working for the Australian Taxation Office, the Customs department and in private accounting firms, Martin Feil has a true insider’s insight into the murky world of multinationals…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
Some Rain Must Fall by Karl Ove Knausgaard
I’m a big fan of the first two volumes in the ‘My Struggle’ series; they presented a brilliantly observed life with a brutal honesty that I felt was unique. I…
Review — 23 Oct 2016
Frantumaglia by Elena Ferrante
The Frantumaglia project (as it is referred to by her publishers) has evolved over the many years of Elena Ferrante’s writing career. She defines the word ‘frantumaglia’ as a ‘jumble…
