On Alexis Wright: Writers on Writers

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An insightful exploration of one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, the award-winning Alexis Wright A brilliant study of renowned Indigenous author Alexis Wright, winner of the 2007 and 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the 2018 and 2024 Stella Prize Alexis Wright is the most eminent and influential Indigenous creative writer of recent times. In this eloquent essay, noted critic Geordie Williamson reflects with deep insight on Wright's powerful work.

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Geordie Williamson is the former chief literary critic of the Australian and the publisher of Pan Macmillan's Picador imprint. In 2011, he won the Pascall Prize for criticism, Australia's only major national prize awarded for critical writing. He published The Burning Library, a collection of essays on neglected Australian writers, in 2012.