But the lack of Australian narratives or genre development about a formative period of many of our lives limits our ability to use literature and stories to make sense of our own experiences or view them reflected back at us.
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“As Australians, we’re all so accustomed to consuming culture about foreign places. I think reading stories set at home can be really powerful. It sort of gives us permission to think of our lives as worthy of artistic attention.”
Although being critically informed about the socio-political world is undeniably an admirable trait, Reid critiques the way ‘wokeness’ is weaponised to belittle others and secure a moral high ground.
