Ursula Robinson-Shaw

Ursula Robinson-Shaw is a writer from Aotearoa, living in Naarm/Melbourne. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and co-director of Sick Leave.

Works By Ursula Robinson-Shaw

SUBLIME NEUTRALITY
In an expansive review of Paul Dalla Rosa's debut short story collection, Ursula Robinson-Shaw rethinks our obsession with 'craft' and 'tenderness' in the context of alt-lit's aestheticist revival.
9 July. 2023
Where Do We Go From Nowhere?
This is a book that does not attempt to contain its own reception or anticipate its reader’s reproach. We aren’t asked to pity the protagonist, or to see virtue in her unhappiness. We aren’t asked to find her funny, either, although we do.
5 June. 2022
Dissociating the Novel
Here is my little hypothesis: People love to say that the problem with Australian literature is a lack of critical culture. It’s not. It’s that people don’t read Australian literature, and then they lie about it online. Every day I open Instagram
27 Feb. 2022

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Ursula Robinson-Shaw

Works By Ursula Robinson-Shaw

SUBLIME NEUTRALITY

Where Do We Go From Nowhere?

Dissociating the Novel