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‘A form of creative death’ Writer Michelle de Kretser’s fear of becoming stale – By Benjamin Law Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Michelle de Kretser. The Sri-Lankan-born novelist, 64, emigrated to Australia at age 14. She has won the Miles Franklin twice, for Questions of Travel and The Life to Come, and her new novel, Scary Monsters, is on the award’s 2022 shortlist. “I was lucky to come to Australia at a time when tertiary education was free. I know what it is to not be middle-class.” CREDIT:JOY M LAI DEATH You once wrote a short, moving essay about the death of your pet dog. Tell me about your dogs and why they’re so important to you. They just help enliven our lives. ...