The Conversation
David Brooksis a professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney; the coeditor ofSoutherlyjournal; and the author of three novelsand several collections of poetry, short fiction, and essays. His second novel,The Fern Tattoo, was short-listed for the 2008 Miles Franklin Award, andThe Balcony, his latest collection of poetry, was short-listed for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Award.