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Listen "The power of essays — with David Marr, Esther Anatolitis, Brooke Boland and Ashleigh Wilson"
Episode Synopsis
For 85 years, Meanjin has published the essays of Australian writers. The magazine's founding editor, Clem Christesen, wanted Meanjin's writers 'to reveal and clarify our life by showing it to us though a vision different from ours and deeper." In the wake of the news the magazine is closing, Big Ideas explores and celebrates the essay in all its forms.This conversation was recorded at the Words on the Waves Festival on 28 May 2025.SpeakersDavid Marr Presenter, Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, author, My Country: Stories, essays and speeches and moreEsther Anatolitis Out-going editor, Meanjin, editor, Essays that Changed Australia, Meanjin 1940 to Today, and author, When Australia Became a Republic, (out in October through Monash University Publishing's In the National Interest series)Brooke Boland Author, Gulp SwallowAshleigh Wilson (host) Author, Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing, A Year with Wendy Whiteley, and Transcendence: 50 Years of Unforgettable Moments at the Sydney Opera House
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