The State of the (writing) Nation

Doctor Maria Tumarkin

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Tumarkin talks about the way forward for literature in Australia. She discusses arguments for literature as a public good deserving of support.
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DoctorMariaTumarkin

B. 1974

Doctor Maria Tumarkin is a Ukrainian-Jewish-Australian writer and cultural historian born and raised in Kharkiv. She is the author of three books of ideas - Traumascapes, Courage and Otherland - all of which received critical acclaim in Australia, where she now lives.

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