John Tranter: Prose

Story: [»] Roth

Experimental fiction:
[»] ‘Mr Rubenking's Breakdown’ — an essay about computer-assisted writing
Examples:     [»] Carousel     [»] Valéry’s Room     [»] Sample pages from Different Hands

Nonfiction:
[»] The United States Poet Laureate — some background (1991)
People often misunderstand two things about the position of US Poet Laureate. First, the position is not that of the Librarian of Congress; it is officially titled ‘consultant in poetry’, and is a separate post. And it is funded by public donation, not by US government funds. This article was commissioned by the National Library of Australia in 1991.
[»] John Tranter: A Week in New York, October-November 2003
[»] Why is modern poetry so difficult?
[»] Bruce Beaver, 1928–2004, an obituary
[»] Martin Johnston — originally published as the Introduction to Martin Johnston — Selected Poems and Prose, edited by John Tranter, University of Queensland Press. This piece is about twenty printed pages long.
[»] The Illusion of Authenticity: on frauds, literary prizes and Janet Frame
[»] Four Diversions and a Prose-poem on the Road to a Poetics
[»] Three John Ashberys — an Introduction
[»] ‘The Left Hand of Capitalism’, about Jacket magazine and the Internet
[»] Lost Things in the Garden of Type — on the history of type

Light prose:
[»] Thank God for the Bourgeoisie: Postmodernism and the teen daiquiri
[»] Question and Answer, Sydney Sun-Herald, June 1998

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