by Natasha | May 8, 2026 | Critical Writing
Below is an essay I wrote for my Graphic Narratives unit as part of my Graduate Diploma of Writing Literature. I thoroughly enjoyed Gene Luen Yang’s works, Dragon Hoops and American Born Chinese and recommend them to all age groups. I think the essay sums up...
by Natasha | Oct 20, 2025 | Creative Writing, Critical Writing, Poetry, Writing
download to read with intended formatting I constructed this fictocritical essay with a particular formatting structure that supports the poetry and assertions of the piece. It would be ideal to download it and view it with its intended formatting. I have included...
by Natasha | Dec 10, 2024 | Critical Writing, Writing
Look Who’s Morphing is Tom Cho’s debut novel. Published in 2009 by Giramondo Publishing in Australia, it places Cho in the bosom of postmodern literature. A book of eighteen short stories, touching on themes of identity, popular culture, nostalgia versus technology...
by Natasha | Nov 13, 2024 | Critical Writing, Writing
Through the process of our reflective imaginations we make stuff up, and the stuff we make up is somehow germinated by the text(s) of the world. How do you think this connects to the evocative comment of Ben Okri’s revisionary Don Quixote, when he says in Okri’s story...
by Natasha | Nov 7, 2024 | Critical Writing
I’ve had mixed feelings about the theoretical readings provided in ALL705 including “The Production of Creativity” by Daniel Allington, 2011. At times I get a sense of being understood, of validation. Other times I think these writers have too much...
by Natasha | Nov 7, 2024 | Critical Writing
The discussion of “Theft or Combinatory Art” makes me think about a repeated response I hear from artists when they are asked: “what is your inspiration?” Often they say it’s their creative community; their friends & fellow writers,...
