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Cultural appropriation, race-baiting, and the power of fiction: in defence of Lionel Shriver

November 12, 2016by James Robb 10 Comments

US novelist Lionel Shriver ruffled a few feathers – to put it mildly – when she spoke at the Brisbane Writers Festival in September. Shriver took aim at ‘identity politics’ […]

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Africa, class struggle, fiction, Kurdish struggle, literature, Maori struggle, music, national self-determination, petty-bourgeoisie, race-baiting, racism

A portrait of maternal intimacy

February 5, 2014by James Robb 1 Comment

Chopin’s Berceuse for piano begins with a simple arpeggio in the left hand, rising on the chord of D-flat. It stretches briefly to the dominant-seventh chord, then relaxes back to […]

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art, music

Travels in Sabah, Kalimantan, Java, and Bali

Planet of the orangutans
At least there are still plenty of mudskippers
Indonesia’s silent tragedy
What a difference 37 years makes
Street Musicians of Jogjakarta
The icecream seller of Muara Muntai and the myna
Plundering the forests of Kalimantan
Stilt villages on Pulau Gaya
Palm-oil money and poverty in Kota Kinabalu
Oil palms in Sabah

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