Every time a woman responds to something I have written on this blog relating to feminism, she claims she can’t understand it [see ‘Why I do Not Call Myself a Feminist]. I think Sam’s comment, however, is the most astute and insightful I have received here. I wanted to feature it as a post in its own right – because of its perspicacity, but also because I guess I need to talk about the grinding of this particular axe. Continue reading
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Sam's Comment, or Showing Jarrod Who's Boss
Posted in Observation with tags A Clockwork Orange, A Room of One's Own, Betty Friedan, Cat's Eye, Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, Dermott Brereton, George Negus, Germaine Greer, Gloria Steinem, Henry Handel-Richardson, Judith Herman, Malcolm X, Margaret Atwood, Naomi Wolf, Sam De Brito, The Beauty Myth, The Female Eunuch, The Feminine Mystique, The Lost Boys, Tim Winton, Virginia Woolf, Wilbur Smith, Yumi Stynes on March 5, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Considering the Lobster
Posted in Reading with tags Andre Agassi, David Foster Wallace, Franz Kafka, John McCain, Malcolm Knox, Sam De Brito, Tracy Austin on April 26, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle“David Foster Wallace is sui generis on a stick.”
– Robert McCrum, Observer
“He’s so modern he’s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him.”
– Zadie Smith
David Foster Wallace’s essay on Franz Kafka entitled, ‘Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed’, from the book Consider the Lobster is probably the best thing I have read all year. Continue reading
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In Defence of Sam De Brito
Posted in Reading with tags Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace, Matthew Johns, Sam De Brito, The Lost Boys novel on February 25, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleIn my last post, it may have appeared as if I attacked Sam De Brito. I described his novel The Lost Boys as a “mediocre horror story for women”. I then went on to say he was part of a new wave of Australian authors working to establish themselves with a predominantly female readership through a peculiar combination of obsequiousness and provocation. While I think both comments are true, he writes some terrific posts for his blog, All Men Are Liars. Continue reading
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"Taking the Pulse of Aussie Masculinity"
Posted in Reading with tags Achilles, Chardonnay sipping socialist, David Malouf, Sam De Brito, Tim Winton on February 13, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleYou know what? There’s an unquiet voice inside me that says I should give up trying to be published. Continue reading
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Rejection!
Posted in Writing with tags Bereft, Cameron Creswell, Chris Wormesley, Jean Coctaeu, Lolita, Nabokov, Peter Temple, Rodney Hall, Sam De Brito, Sophie Hamley, The Lost Boys on October 8, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
Dear Jarrod,
Thank you for sending me Finding Cronos, and for giving Murdoch Books the opportunity to consider publishing your manuscript. I think the questions and themes you wanted to explore through your story do have merit, however I think the writing and structure of your manuscript still needs more work. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 