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Jeff Chang
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“Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation. Hurting couldn’t be avoided. Hurting was the point.”
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Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer
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Holding Tight: When to Fall and When to Keep Climbing
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Why Helen Garner Embedded With Her Grandson’s Footy Club
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The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field
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