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Issue Details:
First known date:
2007...
no.
292
June
2007
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Meanjin Woes,
single work
column
(p. 1)A report on some of the implications of the proposed takeover of Meanjin by Melbourne University Press.
- The Duty to Truth, single work correspondence (p. 4)
- Brian Matthews Replies, single work correspondence (p. 4)
- Holding Clark Accountable, single work correspondence (p. 4-5)
- Tea with Elizabeth Jolley, single work correspondence (p. 5-6)
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Encouraging Notes,
single work
correspondence
(p. 6)Karen Brown comments on the value of a publisher including notes for book clubs within publications, specifically in The Sleepers Almanac 2007 : A Family Affair.
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'Suspended on a Breath',
single work
review
— Review of Typewriter Music 2007 selected work poetry ; (p. 12-13) -
Wright Country,
single work
review
— Review of High Lean Country : Land, People and Memory in New England 2007 anthology essay ; (p. 17) - Canto of Slipping at Nighti"I spend a lot of time travelling, sleeping alone,", single work poetry (p. 19)
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Kohl Eyes,
single work
review
— Review of Soft Weapons : Autobiography in Transit 2007 multi chapter work criticism ; (p. 20-21) -
Nightingale Nurse,
single work
review
— Review of Lucy Osburn, a Lady Displaced : Florence Nightingale's Envoy to Australia 2006 single work biography ; (p. 28) -
Flight from Boganville,
single work
review
— Review of I Wouldn't Start from Here 2007 single work autobiography ; (p. 31) -
The Disappearing Act of Translation,
single work
criticism
(p. 32-34)Nicholas Jose suggests that 'the reasons for the invisibility of translation are at once matters of specific practices ... and larger cultural frames'. He provides some arguments as to 'why translation needs better recognition, understanding and valuation.
- Both Handsi"Dew from the roof is dripping in the down-pipe.", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Autumni"Gulls hang in shiff wind like glass figurines.", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Winteri"The whiteness of snow conjures up its own shadows,", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Springi"Things quicken with indefinable longing,", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Summeri"In the evening time slows down like a peacock,", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Seasonal, sequence poetry (p. 36)
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Virtual Lives: History and Biography in an Electronic Age,
single work
essay
(p. 37-44)Lawrence Goldman discusses the role and creation of national biographical dictionaries from their inception to the 21st century with particular reference to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Note: Edited version of original lecture.
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