“Forty Boxes” reflection on writing the Sasha Soldatow biography

“Forty Boxes” my essay reflecting on writing Drink Against Drunkenness, the Sasha Soldatow biography has been published in Openbook, the magazine of the State Library of NSW — pages 48–53. A gorgeous edition of the “lavish, award-winning magazine of new writing, fresh ideas and contemporary photography”.
Here’s the first page: