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This article first appeared in The Big Issue, No. 453, 7-20 March 2014 in ‘My Word’. It also appeared on The Big Issue blog. Photos are the author’s own. I was a fluoride baby. Before Melbourne’s water supply was fluoridated … Continue reading
Posted in Thailand
Tagged Angela Savage, Caron Eastgate Dann, Hannah Kent, Japan, Laos, snaggletooth, Thailand, yaeba
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Review: Gaysia
This year I want to read books without feeling compelled to review them. But when I found myself losing sleep to converse in my head with author Benjamin Law after reading Gaysia, I figured this was one review I had to … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews & Interviews
Tagged Benjamin Law, China, gay issues in Asia, Gaysia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
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Review: Salvation of a Saint
Finland-based American writer James Thompson recently lamented how Stieg Larsson’s name gets bandied about as a cynical ploy by journalists, critics and reviewers to sell more papers, ensure more web hits. I suspect this is what’s behind the quote from The Times on the … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, James Thompson, Japan, Keigo Higashino, Salvation of a Saint, Stieg Larsson
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