# Twins, pumas and a colonial western in Robbie Arnott’s Dusk

An episode of [The Bookshelf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499762704), 11 Oct 2024, 54 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/2s/Z/sv.mp3

Twins, pumas and a colonial western in Robbie Arnott’s Dusk; gay lives, racial politics, class, theatre and exquisite writing, in Alan Hollinghurst’s Our Evenings; and writing between the myths, rumours and religious speculation of a mediaeval woman pope in Emily Maguire's Rapture. BOOKS Robbie Arnott, Dusk, Picador Alan Hollinghurst, Our Evenings, Picador Emily Maguire, Rapture, Allen & Unwin GUESTS Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney – with a special interest in Shakespeare and contemporary gay literature. His books include Disavowing Authority in the Shakespeare Classroom and Shakespeare’s Body Parts: Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays Meredith Lake, presents Soul Search on ABC Radio National as well as Mornings on ABC Alice Springs. She is also a historian of religion, whose latest book is The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDJon Ransom, The GallopersMax Porter, worksCynan Jones, worksArelhekenhe Angkentye - Women’s Talk, Poems of Lyapirtneme from Arrernte Women in Central AustraliaKim Mahood, Craft for a Dry Lake; Position Doubtful; Wandering with Intent CREDITS • Presenter, Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh • Producer, Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett • Sound engineer, Roi Huberman, Ann-Marie Debettencor • Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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