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Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains 'Asian' characters and has references to 'Asia'.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Land of Freei"Welcome you to land of free!", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Golf Weari"Wes, we have wear! No hidden faces!", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Zones of the Imagination, single work essay (p. 4-11)
- Far North, single work short story (p. 12-21)
- Reality Dreams: The Flighti"She and I were waiting", single work poetry (p. 22)
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Uncle Joe,
single work
autobiography
(p. 23-34)Film-maker Tony Ayres recalls some episodes from his childhood after emigrating from Hong Kong to Western Australia in the 1960s
- My Mother-In-Law in the Family Tree, single work short story humour (p. 35-41)
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The Stained Glass Ceiling,
single work
review
— Review of Chinese Women and the Global Village : An Australian Site 2003 single work prose ; (p. 46-51) - Where Are You Brother Mine?i"A few years ago we were still together", Javant Biarujia (translator), single work poetry (p. 52-53)
- Black Septemberi"Dili - an ocean of fire", Javant Biarujia (translator), single work poetry (p. 53)
- Silent Witnessi"Papa's shirt smeared in blood", Javant Biarujia (translator), single work poetry (p. 53)
- Cartsi"Carts like mortuary wagons", Javant Biarujia (translator), single work poetry (p. 54-55)
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Mad in India,
single work
autobiography
(p. 56-63)Sophie Cunningham explains her obsession with India and why she wants to return.
- Vietnamese Bitei"in your mouth you roll and taste", single work poetry (p. 64)
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War of the Worlds,
single work
essay
(p. 80-84)During an international flight, Adrian Carton reflects on the notion of 'global consciousness' which he experiences while travelling through air space, where passengers are away from physical borders, boundaries and fences. He then examines the question of national identity especially concerning the winner of Australian Idol, Guy Sebastian.
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The Exorcist,
single work
short story
humour
horror
fantasy
(p. 85-87)The narrator's Auntie Wei starts acting strangely when she dons a novelty apron that has built-in plastic breasts. At first the narrator thinks the behaviour results from drunkenness, but it soon becomes clear that the breast apron has caused Auntie Wei to be possessed by a demon.
- Japanese Stories, single work criticism (p. 88-95)
- Searching for Wordsi"Our bedsheets never really needed washing before. Could have", single work poetry (p. 96)
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The Beauty and the Menace,
Barry Scott
(interviewer),
single work
interview
(p. 97-107)Barry Scott talks to Michelle De Kretser about Sri Lanka and the writing of fiction.
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The Reception is Over,
single work
correspondence
travel
(p. 108-118)Melbourne-based journalist Helen Chung Martin, on assignment in Peking during the early 1980s, describes her experiences through letters home at the time.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Literary Mag
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 63 no. 2 2004 periodical issue
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Literary Mag
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 63 no. 2 2004 periodical issue
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