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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Best Australian Essays 2003
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Waters Under the Earth (from a work-in-progress), Robert Gray , extract autobiography (p. 227-247)
Breaking the Mirror from the Aztec Feast of the Flaying of Men to Organ Transplantation, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 248-261)
I Am, Murray Bail , single work autobiography (p. 262-272)
The Two Daves, Adrian Martin , single work review
— Review of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson , 2002 reference ;
(p. 273-282)
So You Wanna Write a Movie?, Louis Nowra , extract essay (p. 283-289)
Out-Takes, Bob Ellis , single work essay (p. 290-300)
Vale Dick Hall A Service to State as Fine as His Words, Edmund Campion , single work obituary (p. 301-305)
Note: With title: Vale Dick Hall
Think of Australia..., Gerard Windsor , single work essay (p. 306-319)
The Birth of Football and the Death of Jack Dyer, Barry Oakley , single work essay (p. 320-325)
Goethe's Two Left Feet, Peter Rose , single work essay (p. 326-340)
Blend It Like Beckham, Peter Conrad , single work essay (p. 341-348)
It Seemed Like Time to Move On, Paul Sheehan , single work biography (p. 349-359)
Murder in the West The Fatal Shore, Joyce Carol Oates , single work review
— Review of The Shark Net : Memories and Murder Robert Drewe , 2000 single work autobiography ;
(p. 360-367)
Note: With title: Murder in the West
The Loremakers:Twain and Lawson The Lore Makers, Les Carlyon , single work criticism (p. 368-375)
Note: With title: The Loremakers:Twain and Lawson
Bing, Clive James , single work essay (p. 376-385)
Gunter Grass's Crabwalk Victims, J. M. Coetzee , single work essay (p. 386-396)
Note: With title: Gunter Grass's Crabwalk
The Historical Novel in Australia Historical Novels, Delia Falconer , single work criticism
Falconer raises questions about the relevance of novels and their place in Australian Literature. She argues ' that the crisis is not so much in our publishing as in our reading and reviewing culture, which has ignored a lot of interesting contemporary fiction.' (Author).
(p. 397-407)
Note: With title: The Historical Novel in Australia
Satires in C Major, Peter Porter , single work review
— Review of Gwen Harwood : Collected Poems 1943-1995 Gwen Harwood , 2003 collected work poetry ;
(p. 408-413)
The Poetry of John Kinsella, Harold Bloom , single work criticism (p. 414-428)
Evelyn Waugh's Travel Books, Nicholas Shakespeare , single work biography (p. 429-445)
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