Germaine Greer trashed in The Monthly
I don’t know what qualifications you need to be a public intellectual. I think you get such a gig because readers of The Age have voted for you, or something. But apparently playwright Louis Nowra is one. In 2007, he [...]
Ben Naparstek, The Monthly and the Julia Gillard "biography wars"
A truly bizarre editorial decision from Ben Naparstek, who occupies the chair at The Monthly, has resulted in the publication of a review of Jacqueline Kent’s biography of Julia Gillard by Christine Wallace, who is writing a rival biography of [...]
Talk about fresh new voices
One of the key points of Guy Rundle’s critique of The Monthly was the “limited roll-call” of writers regularly called on. It’s hard not to wonder whether the selection of 23-year-old Ben Naparstek is, in part, a reaction. Naparstek’s profile [...]
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