viragohaus's reviews
237 reviews

Australian poetry at its most accessible.
I wanted to stumble a bit.

Barbara Baynton's 'Squeaker's Mate' has the pitiless logic of a slasher film. Rescue just out of reach, sharp catharsis centering on wrong.
Read the rest of my take on Squeaker's Mate here: http://jamestierney.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/squeakers-mate-by-barbara-baynton/

The uncommon shape of a woman's life.

http://newtownreviewofbooks.com/2012/12/10/kristel-thornell-night-street-reviewed-by-james-tierney/

'How Music Works' ranges widely, looking at the history, economics and acoustics of music but is -perhaps inevitably- most interesting at it's most granular: Byrne's experience.