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'This issue of Meniscus has been framed by two events, one global and one personal for one of the co-editors. As writers were submitting pieces for the current issue, the COVID-19 virus was at the periphery of our consciousness but, as the closing date came and April launch date approached, it became apparent that these were no ordinary times and all of those involved in bringing the issue to the world were themselves caught in the tension of maintaining standards in our ‘daytime’ work, while working from home and under containment. Our titular image and explanation of Meniscus, of ‘how surfaces, curves, tension and openness interact ... the way in which the surface of the water features, and the uncertainty of the water’s containment, seems to analogise the excitement and anxiety inherent in creative practice, and the delicate balance between possibility and impossibility’, became a reality for our daily lives as well as our own creativity. (Gail Pittaway, Jen Webb : Editorial introduction)
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Visiting the Artist : At Peter's Housei"First, of course, one sees the sea outside.", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Dido, Estranged, single work short story (p. 26-33)
- Munga Thirrii"Federation drought, 1900: the last desert people walked out of Munga Thirri,", single work poetry (p. 69-70)
- The Ampersand, single work poetry (p. 73)
- Another Birthday in Skopje, single work short story (p. 82-88)
- Country Townsi"The co-op sells groceries, gumboots and fur coats", single work poetry (p. 94)
- Feedersi"in and out", single work poetry (p. 95)
- Queanbeyani"Long flowers ski in the begging wind.", single work poetry (p. 99)
- We of the Merri Merri Are Not a Pathetic Fallacyi"You call us River Gums. We don’t mind. We are all family, even though", single work poetry (p. 100)
- 31 December 2019i"Fire loves itself like a ray of sunshine in the mirror. It caresses itself into", single work poetry (p. 101)
- Her Story, single work short story (p. 103-108)
- Words on Beauty, single work prose (p. 111-112)
- The Geography of Lossi"Where does sound go? I remember a thunderous rumble at the old", single work poetry (p. 115)
- Loops, single work short story (p. 116-122)
- Ancestrali"They are raised up to die", single work poetry (p. 131)
- The Ruse of Orderi"5.00am.", single work poetry (p. 138)
- My Favourite Year, single work prose (p. 139)
- Faraday Cagei"When we are outside we feel the lightning build", single work poetry (p. 140)
- Event Horizoni"Remembrance has a gravity", single work poetry (p. 141)
- The Feminist Tidei"The tide is rising. It is a Bolshevik tide. A red tide. A feminist tide,", single work poetry (p. 142)
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