Benjamin Myers Male Tears re-evaluates masculinity
15 May, 2021 12:00 AM
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By: David Herkt Masculinity is currently being re-evaluated. Balances are changing and this reassessment is reflected by book publishing. New fiction releases, particularly, are now more often written by women and fiction book awards reflect this. Benjamin Myers, however, is a prize-winning British male writer and his work is also a part of this re-calibration, approaching the subject from an entirely different angle.
Myers work is often grounded in the natural world and his prose is bold. In The Offing, his bestselling novel, Robert Appleyard looks back on a summer when he was 16, taken in by an older woman living in a remote English bay, and given perspectives on life through learning about her past. His new collection of short stories, Male Tears, demonstrates his full range.
Opinion: Mother s Day a time to reflect on all the roles mothers play
8 May, 2021 11:00 PM
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Shauni James with her mum, Rachael James, on a family trip to Sydney. Photo / Supplied
OPINION A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. - Gaspard Mermillod
This quote is one that resonates wholeheartedly with me. It was mostly just my mum and I growing up, with my nana also there in my younger years.
There are so many special memories I hold dear to my heart.
A highlight would definitely have to be the overseas travelling my mum and I did at the end of 2011.
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