Letters reveal the real Russell
Critical review of a book editing Russell letters, edited by Feinberg and Kas rils Unwin. The volume presents Russell in a governess-like role, compiling correspondence with friends and former wives that illuminate his views on religion politics peace and philosophy across his long life. The reviewer notes overlaps with his autobiography but finds this collection more revealing and sharper, including quotes on sexuality, divorce, and political stance, with lively anecdotes and critiques of contemporaries.
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Russell
John Barry
Supreme Court of Victoria
Trouba
Kennedy
Kruschev
South Africa
Wittgenstein
T. S. Eliot
Conrad
Tagore
D. H. Lawrence
Shelleyees
Bertie
Bullet Park review by John Cheever critic
The critique surveys John Cheever's Bullet Park noting its stylistic similarity to The Wapshot Chronicles while marking a darker, harsher view of suburbia. It highlights Eliot Nailles and Paul Hammer, Hammer’s crucifixion attempt, and Cheever’s place among contemporary U S writers while praising flashes of skill and condemning lack of sustained substance.
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Massachusetts
St Botolphs
America
Bullet Park
New York
Cheever
Eliot Nailles
Paul Hammer
de Nailles
Nailles
Hammer
Christ Church
John Cheever
The
New Yorker
Playboy
Updike
Peter de Vries
Salinger
Swami
Franny Glass
O'Connor
Nathanael ‘West
O'Hara
Mr Cheever
Epic flight of the Vickers Vimy
A review of two aviation books on historic flights and the 1969 Middle East to Australia air race. Grenfell Price chronicles Ross and Keith Smith and the Vimy, with War records and display history at Canberra and Adelaide. Nelson Eustis surveys entrants and fates, while chasing air mail covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATER
England
Australia
Cessna
Canberra Aero Club
BOAC
Ross
Keith Smith
London
Grenfell
Price
Ross Smith
Vickers
Smith
Grenfell Price
Shiers
Bennett
Galli
Adelaide
Nelson Eustis
Eustis
Unspeakable Practices by Donald Barthelme reviewed
The 1985 collection of 18 Barthelme stories is praised for clever wordplay and lucid prose by some critics, while others find surrealism and abstract ideas overwhelming. The review notes themes of mass culture, consciousness, and fractured narrative, with mixed judgments on meaning and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Barthelme
The Counterfeit Nazi by Saul Friedlander review
A biographical study of Kurt Gerstein, an SS officer who secretly opposed Nazi policies and helped bury evidence of the extermination program. Friedlander argues Hochhuth's portrayal aligns with Gerstein's life, detailing his dual role, risky acts, and eventual flight from Berlin before surrender to French forces in 1945.
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Apostolic Nu
Berlin
Hochhuth
Kurt Gerstein
Pius XI
Hitler
Himmler
Auschwitz
Saul Friedlander
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Paris
Friellander
Gerstein
Friedlander
Nazi Party
Gestapo
Hiller
Gerein
Waffen SS
Poland
Ito
Audacious voices in Australian verse and Conquest essays
A criticism wrap for Randolph Stow’s Counterfeit Silence and Robert Conquest’s Arias from a Love Opera. It notes Stow’s distinctive, high pitched voice with sections from Juvenilia Outrider and Stations, praising some poems while critiquing a few missteps. Conquest’s poems are viewed as detached, with notable pieces on dictators and history, highlighting wit and rare moments of unexpected unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Stow
Angus and Robertson
Robert Conquest
Macmillan
Stow
Howard
Jimmy Woodserso
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Bertrand Russell
Feinberg
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Unwin
Arts
Macrita
By Graham Johnston
Jonathan Cape
Wapshot Chronicle
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Webber
Samson
John Gould
Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd
Comidy Arcade
Queanbeyan
Billy Graham
Bible House
Garema Place
By Frank Cranston
Sir Grenfell Price
Nelson Eusis
Rigby
Bartfme
John Whitwell
Jung
Freud
Barthelme
Pavlov
Noaib
God
Fuehrer
Charles Fullman
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Ole Hochhuth
Vatican
Pius XII
Robert O’neill
Tubingen
Reutlingen
By Geoff Page
Barcroft
Thailand
Conquest
Budapest
Fener
Galbraith
India
Wilfred Burchett
North Korea
Mike
Mal Berlang
Wey Mand
HMS
Flinders Invesigator
Sint
Lite
Acasanter
Women OF
Julie. Rigg
United Nations
General Assembly
Max Lake
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