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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Joy
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'The ocean smells of a layer of wet sand that has dried in the night, that cracks and buckles under bare feet. It smells of blood that’s drawn from walking too close to a sharp coastal grass. The ocean smells of a blast of cold air that tightens the skin, of salt-caked lips, of the slap of tarmac on the drive home.'  (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Meanjin Words vol. 80 no. 4 Summer 2021 23539484 2021 periodical issue 'The December issue of Meanjin is titled: Words. It features a special series of non-fiction pieces in which Australian writers respond to one-word titles...' (Publication summary) 2021
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