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Clive James
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born
October 07, 1939
in Sydney, Australia
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The following is the text of an essay by Julian Gough that ran in the January 2009 issue of Prospect, under the unfeasibly flattering title “As Good as Heaney?”, which I presume was the editor’s choice. My thanks to Julian Gough for kindly making the text available after Prospect strangely decided to be coy about granting web access.
As Good as Heaney?
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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
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2007
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Unreliable Memoirs
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1980
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Falling Towards England
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1985
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May Week Was in June
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1919
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Flying Visits
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1986
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North Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs Volume IV
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Brilliant Creatures
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Visions Before Midnight
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Glued To The Box: Television Criticism From "The Observer" 1979 82
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1982
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Brrm! Brrm!
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1991
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“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
― Clive James
― Clive James
“She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.”
― Clive James
― Clive James
“There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into.”
― Clive James
― Clive James
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| Between the Lines: Humorous Contemporary Writers | 30 | 138 | Jun 23, 2009 08:17am | |
| Aussie Readers: Aussie books that make us laugh | 7 | 24 | Nov 24, 2010 06:52pm |
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