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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 The Best Australian Stories 2007
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Collective Silences, Sunil Badami , single work short story (p. 161-166)
Albatrossi"I lost my poetic licence. I was caught reading the", Geoff Lemon , single work poetry (p. 167)
Reason, Jennifer Mills , single work short story (p. 168-174)
July the Firsts, Ryan O'Neill , single work short story (p. 175-179)
Nothing To Fear, Melissa Beit , single work short story (p. 180-187)
People Whose Names Bob Dylan Doesn't Know, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 188-190)
Note: As 'People Whose Names Bob Dylan Ought to Know'
Some Kind of Fruit, Karen Hitchcock , single work short story (p. 191-198)
Pre-emptive Strike, Will Elliott , single work short story (p. 199-203)
Hanging On, Michael Wilding , single work short story (p. 204-212)
Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice, Nam Le , single work short story

'A young Vietnamese-Australian named Nam, in his final year at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, is trying to find his voice on the page. When his father, a man with a painful past, comes to visit, Nam's writing and sense of self are both deeply changed.

'Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice is a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat.' (From the publisher's website, 2012 Penguin publication.)

 (p. 213-234)
I See Red, Shane Maloney , single work short story humour (p. 235-237)
9.7 Milligrams of Heaven, Barry Cooper , single work short story (p. 238-241)
Passion Fruit, Vivienne Kelly , single work short story (p. 242-252)
Suckered Into a Perfect Line, Bill Collopy , single work short story (p. 253-260)
Desincarne Disembodied, Meera Anne Atkinson , single work short story (p. 261-276)
Chinese Affair, Isabelle Li , single work short story (p. 277-284)
The Seventh Letter, Sean Williams , single work short story science fiction (p. 285-293)
Venetian Glass, Amy T. Matthews , single work short story (p. 294-298)
Reading the Signs, Laurie Clancy , single work short story (p. 299-304)
The White Peacock, Marion Halligan , single work short story (p. 305-313)
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