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On literacy, the value of reading, and the free circulation of written materials
A brief talk given at the State Library New South Wales, August 2025
Oct 20, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
Gogol v Melville
An explanatory note
Sep 29, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener
A play
Sep 19, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
Gogol's The Overcoat
A play
Sep 19, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
On Literary Effort
Or, the Hidden Injuries of the Writing Life
Aug 5, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
“A Ramble Through the Mind of An Adolescent” (Part 2)
On Frank Moorhouse’s Juvenilia
Apr 27, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
“A Ramble Through the Mind of An Adolescent” (Part 1)
On Frank Moorhouse’s Juvenilia
Apr 27, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
Kill All Rebels
On Angela Nagle and Albert Camus
Apr 10, 2025 • Matthew Lamb
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