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'‘Mask’ derives variously from the mid 16th century French masque, from Italian maschera, mascara, probably from medieval Latin masca, ‘witch, spectre’ but influenced by Arabic maskara, ‘buffoon’ (Wordflex app 1998–2008, using Oxford Dictionary data ).
'It is a word with widespread interpretation and meaning. It encapsulates all seven previous Not Very Quiet issues and still leaves scope for new ideas and explorations in Issue 8.
'‘Mask’ has special resonance in gender discourses, and of course, has a special meaning in 2020 images of bushfire smoke and the pandemic.' (Sandra Renew and Moya Pacey, Introduction)
Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Puppet show Ariella Tania Amanda
this autistic guise Oakley Ayden
A thousand ships Daisy Bassen
Talk to me Elizabeth Burnan
An ode to the most coveted machine in pandemic America Eleanor Python Colligan
The next spike Mary Cresswell
experimental love poem Ema Dumitriu
Table 4 – 2 there Amelia C. Eilertsen
hegemony Molly Fessler
Mr and Mrs and Ms Lara Frankena
Hero (Boy Wonder) Jen George
hidden in the layers Kathleen Hellen
Boquila Trifoliolata in Chilean Rainforest Lynne Goldsmith
i haven’t Ash Good
Mask Sadie Maskery
One bright summer’s day on Chicago’s South Side Erin McDonough
Costume party Leslie Ann Minot
Marie Curie records in her notebook Anita Mortlock
Middle school youth group sex ed Riley O’Connell
Eclosion Mandira Pattnaik
watercolors A. Pikovsky
I am doing yoga in a graveyard Therese Pokorney
dystopia. manda propaganda.
A mask of water Bethany Reid
Noli me tangere Marka Rifat
Unmasked and masked Jacquelyn Shah
How to make your own face mask Sara Jeanine Smith
Transient error R. Stempel
What it means to be a woman in the South Anna Swearingen
Silence Julia Park Tracey
Contents
- Uranusi"The way we pronounce Uranus – Οὐρανός is an allegory", single work poetry
- Somebody, Somebody Is Remembering Mei"i am the only specimen of my kind", single work poetry
- Cross Countryi"I live in lightning-lit country", single work poetry
- Out in the Openi"I’ve seen a lion throw his head back and roar to ensure maximum amplification", single work poetry
- The Art of Costumei"In the christening scene of Sleeping Beauty, the most", single work poetry
- Wave Your Handi"If you want to kiss me, please stand at the required", single work poetry
- The Hair Saloni"I enter the hall of mirrors: an illusion", single work poetry
- Social Distancing from Ghostsi"Disinfectant won’t work.", single work poetry
- Our Daily Treadi"a five kilometre loop of beaded observations", single work poetry
- A Feast of a Wardrobe, single work poetry
- Spring Purples with Coast Tea Tree and Golden Wattlei"Its genus named for majesty, this backyard tree spills", single work poetry
- In Half Lighti"The tilt of an old-fashioned", single work poetry
- Masquei"this. this mascara-blacked dark. it closes on you. blue-", single work poetry
- Day of the Deadi"Will the spirits of the dead", single work poetry
- Nohi"Slowly, silently, masked like moons,", single work poetry
- A Hauntingi"Wading into fallen stars that stream towards the mouth", single work poetry
- Sireni"At the witching hour when nocturnal beasts begin", single work poetry
- Faking Iti"They say fake it till you make it in NA. I’ve never been. Just", single work poetry
- After Donating Bloodi"I ignore the caution against strenuous exercise,", single work poetry
- The Crystal Masks of Lynette and Donaldi"Lynette Wallworth stood up and spoke to the gathered elite in Davos.", single work poetry
