Rai Gaita and the moral power of conversation
- Written by Maria Tumarkin, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Photo: Mark Baker/MUPEver since the University of Melbourne took from us Rai Gaita’s public lecture series we have been going to Rai’s house in St Kilda to talk. Not regularly, life is too much for that, whenever we can though.
Few people in this world believe more in face-to-face conversations – in speaking with others not when...

















