Anthology in the news
The Sun-Herald
29 July 2007
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Reproduced with permission.
Reviewed by Daniel Herborn
STUDENT experimental fiction normally figures prominently in any list of things life is too short for, but in this new anthology by UTS writing students, even the more left-field entries work. It's a markedly postmodern, eclectic mix, with writers splicing in excerpts from plays and political speeches, amusing faux-academic footnotes and playing with structure. More traditional pieces are strong too, particularly Storm In A Coffee Mug, where a woman retreats to a beach cabin, and Tiffany Hambley's moving account of her father's death. Joel Scott's tight, sensuous poems and Trish FitzSimon's sombre Peats Ridge essay also stand out.