Among Lawrentians and regular readers alike, D. H. Lawrence’s 1923 novel “Kangaroo” is more often maligned than praised. The plot isn’t much to poke a stick at, though as a piece of autofiction this may be excused, and the novel’s political anxieties did not make it out of the interwar period. And yet, like a Kangaroo’s pouch this book has more depth than you might think. Lawrence’s insights into the Australian psyche remain as lucidly scathing as they were a century ago. But if plumbing the shallow depths of Anglo-Australia’s indifferent soul doesn’t excite you, Lawrence’s painterly descriptions of Australia itself certainly will.

Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:

• "Kangaroo" by D. H. Lawrence
• “John Russell” by Sarah Turnbull
• “Pure Colour” by Sheila Heiti
• “The Boy in the Bush” by D. H Lawrence & M. L. Skinner
• “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Additional segments throughout the podcast include:

• Inner Shelf
• Fact or fiction
• What are you reading?
• On that Quote

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