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'This is something of a bumper edition, filled with excellent works in prose and in poetry. We found it a very powerful work to edit, with a definite trend toward writing that engages with and/or critiques the contemporary world.' (Editorial introduction)
Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
The Guest and the Pet by Sarah Barr
In the Week Following a Death on a Local Street by Victor Billot
Carnation by CL Glanzing
The Tutor by CR Green
Spinning by Lara Munden
Speeding up the World by Nathan Nicolau
Disquisition by K Roberts
Geopolitics by Bruce Robinson
This City by Mykyta Ryzhykh
Lonely Shoes by Kim Silva
To the Surgeon by Jane Simpson
Mr Chambers by Lui Sit
Ghazal by Eva Skrande
Ruby Approaches a Cello by Elizabeth Smither
Donners by RL Swihart
Contents
- A Poem in Conversational Modei"I clip on his lead. Breeze sweeps us out the gate.", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Don’t Let Me Keep on Walking, single work prose (p. 12)
- Hump Dayi"Though the globe", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Casualtiesi"gravel grating roof un-", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Rock Timei"Rocks do not need watches.", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Sky Curtaini"From afar a grey curtain is pulled across the sky", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Knocking on the Door, Screamingi"scrolling videos on facebook and there is the sketch where women try", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Sad while Teachingi"Today I feel sad while teaching. I want to tell them I don’t know why", single work poetry (p. 23-33)
- Disembarkingi"I remember", single work poetry (p. 34)
- St Vincent’s Hospital, Autumn 2022—A Sijoi"A leaf from the maple tree", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Treasurei"... still, we are all born animal", single work poetry (p. 36-38)
- Stormi"small, naked branch", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Curtain Call, single work prose (p. 40-50)
- The House Is an Aquarium at Nighti"I wake when river stones bump against my feet.", single work poetry (p. 51-52)
- Jasminei"For months, smell has eluded, olfactory", single work poetry (p. 53-54)
- Dog Walki"A patter of feet on the patio", single work poetry (p. 67-68)
- A Line of Smokei"A line of smoke above the chimney and an empty glass, unsteady at", single work poetry (p. 69)
- White Sheepi"every morning i have to wake up to myself", single work poetry (p. 70)
- Friday Night Dinner, single work prose (p. 71-77)
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Breaking the Walls of Silencei"Wading from the terrains of",
single work
poetry
(p. 78)Author's note: To my daughter
