Two young men (one with moustache, one without) on the tram from university

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"Light-fingered highjinks..."

I am a writer and scholar, currently based in Melbourne, Australia.

My most urgent subjects include: modernity, mobility, the uncanny, objects (as collections; as fetishes; as mnemonics; as clues), women's lives, national literatures, art, writing, language, and poetry. Sometimes I post drafts of my own poetry.

The title of this blog comes from an early name for the typewriter, an invention (like the printing press; like the internet) that has forever changed the way we live and write.

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Thursday, 27 October, 2011

Two young men (one with moustache, one without) on the tram from university

Youth 1: ... it's a great essay, he's really going to like it. Every other class, I hand in pretty normal essays. But for him, I always hand in my outstanding essays.
Youth 2: Hey, I've got the first pages of my short story on me. Do you wanna read?
Youth 1: Maybe not on the tram. But I will.
Youth 2: You know what drink I'm really getting into? Macchiato.
Youth 1: Baristas really respect double espressos.