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"A Singular Vision: The Art of Fred Williams" looks at the life work of an artist regarded by many as one of Australia's greatest modern landscape painters. This study pays close attention to the development of Williams's oils, gouaches and prints. It also chronicles his life from his early days at the National Gallery of Victorian Art School to his successful career as an established artist. The book attempts to capture Williams's spirit and personality by making use of the artist's personal di...

When Trisha Low moves west, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive "somewhere better"-someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America's casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. In this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one's life comes to the fore-sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and...