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Includes poetry by international poets.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Marineri"He talked about his years at sea", single work poetry (p. 16)
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The Family Stories of the Behrendts,
single work
essay
'The article offers the author's insights related to indigenous Australians focusing on the family of Paul Behrendt and her daughter Larissa whose Aboriginal genealogies have been heard at an Australian court. It discusses the case of Australian journalist Andrew Bolt about race discrimination against Larissa wherein Bolt loses the case.' (Publication abstract)
- Intimations of a Search for Poemsi"I've ended up like them, those lone", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Sweaty Maximsi"Sport, we know, is filled with morals", single work poetry (p. 33)
- To the Lasti"In the country we kill a lot.", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Lounge Roomi"Lying on the autumn carpet", single work (p. 42)
- The Tourist Learns a Lessoni"One evening in London, at a Thames-side pub", single work poetry (p. 46)
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People Can Hear You,
single work
essay
'Gabrielle Lord: My 2014 novel, Dishonour, highlighted the plight of an Australian Iraqi girl, eighteenyear-old Rana, desperate to avoid a forced marriage. She fears being taken out of Australia by her brothers and forced to marry a “traditional” Muslim Iraqi cousin twice her age and live under sharia law, reduced to endless child-bearing and cooking, a second-class servant, living under the domination and sanctioned violence of her husband and his family. Rana wants to complete a pharmacy degree and marry the man of her choice, a young graduate Copt. She wants the freedoms that Australian women take for granted, but which are prohibited under sharia. I interviewed women who had left Islam. I was shocked to hear that they live in fear of their own families and communities. Then I met “Asiya”, a highly intelligent Iraqi girl in her early twenties, elegant and insightful, who spoke frankly about her own childhood and her observations of family life as a young Muslima in Sydney’s western suburbs. She feels passionately about the isolation of young girls and the forced marriages of two of her sisters, at the ages of twelve and thirteen.' (Introduction)
- The Metaphori"Anatomists insist that the heart is an organ", single work poetry (p. 55)
- On a Thin Gold Chaini"Opals have storms in them, the legend goes:", single work poetry (p. 61)
- Nil by Mouthi"Not just for a while but forever", single work poetry (p. 67)
- These Balloons Are Okayi"The children were not at the funeral", single work poetry (p. 67)
- Fanny Radmall, Lady Houstoni"She was spawned in a London back street,", single work poetry (p. 72)
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We of the Next Era,
single work
review
essay
'Daughter of the Territory is an excellent title for Jacqueline Hammar’s fine memoir—and valuable if informal social history—of the Northern Territory, but I wondered if “From We of the Never Never to Whitlam” might have been a good subtitle. She captures the Top End in a way redolent of Mrs Aeneas Gunn’s 1908 classic We of the Never Never and takes it jauntily through to the present day, though racing and thinning towards the end, seemingly under the weight of change since about 1970 and the pages needed to cover a century.' (Introduction)
- Can You Write Left-Handed Poetry?i"The clerk at the Schreibstube produced", single work poetry (p. 86)
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Censoring the Imagination,
single work
essay
'The article discusses censorship in literature in Australia. It mentions that literary censorship in the country is increasingly progressive and has attracted liberal attitudes through the 20th century as expressed by author Lionel Shriver in his [sic] keynote address to the Brisbane Writers Festival in September 2016. It cites the literary pieces where literary censorship is evident.' (Publication abstract)
- Women and Blossomsi"See the confidence", single work poetry (p. 89)
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Short Takes XXI.,
single work
diary
'An excerpt from an article "Short Takes XXI," by Alan Gould is presented which discusses topics including author Clive James' view about Australian poets, challenge by Christian, and collected poems by Philip Larkin.' (Publication abstract)
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Family Secrets,
single work
autobiography
'A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience getting back his 13-old son who was abducted by two men.' (Publication abstract)
- Playground Triumphi"I dreamt I couldn’t choose which arm", single work poetry (p. 110)
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