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Mar/Apr 2017 • Vol. XXXIX No. 2 • Nonfiction |

Field’s Kangaroo

By David Brooks

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David Brooks is an acclaimed Australian poet, short-fiction-writer, novelist and essayist. His most recent work is the acclaimed novella The Conversation (University of Queensland Press 2012). He teaches Australian literature and is coeditor of the journal Southerly.

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