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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... vol. 59 no. 1 June 2014 of Westerly est. 1956 Westerly
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Day Before Christmas Island, M.T. O’Byrne , single work short story (p. 8-17)
The Woman Who Went to Stand There, Shokoofeh Azar , Rebecca Stengel (translator), single work short story (p. 18-24)
A Boxful of Prophets, Kate Elkington , single work short story (p. 25-32)
Turning the Other Cheek, Mark O'Flynn , single work short story (p. 33-43)
The Orator, Henry Ward , single work short story (p. 50-56)
Stone Cold English, Graham Kershaw , single work short story (p. 57-68)
Anxiety of Reference in That Deadman Dance, Rohan Wilson , single work criticism

Suggests that Kim Scott’s novel, That Deadman Dance, is a work deeply preoccupied with its position as a fiction and with its relation to history, to the point that it becomes a central focus of the narrative.

(p. 70-85)
Gerald Glaskin Revisited, John Burbidge , single work essay

Presents a slightly edited version of the Preface to John Burbidge’s biography of Gerald Glaskin, Dare Me! The Life and Work of Gerald Glaskin (MUP, 2014), followed by his brief resume of Glaskin’s published work.

(p. 86-91)
Where Blood Comes From, Nicholas Walton-Healey , single work essay (p. 92-103)
Form, Artifice and Contemporary Australian Poetics : John Tranter’s ‘The Anaglyph’, Jane Vaughan , single work criticism

Argues that John Tranter’s long poem, ‘The Anaglyph,’ published as part of his Starlight collection in 2010, is both an experimental work and tribute to pre-eminent American poet, John Ashbery, and the twentieth-century avant-garde traditions to which Ashbery belongs.

(p. 104-122)
The Year’s Work in Fiction, Robyn Mundy , single work review
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns Clarrie Cameron , 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man Luke Carman , 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now Felicity Castagna , 2013 single work novel ; Elemental Amanda Curtin , 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing Ron Elliott , 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed Rachel Hennessy , 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea Sally-Ann Jones , 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel Seaforth MacKenzie , 1937 single work novel ; Inland Gerald Murnane , 1988 single work novel ; White Light Mark O'Flynn , 2013 selected work short story ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion , 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead Jane Skelton , 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) Maria Takolander , 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless Julienne Van Loon , 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love Yvette Walker , 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie Tim Winton , 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book Alexis Wright , 2013 single work novel ;
(p. 124-143)
‘Distant and Kindred Analogies’ in Recent Australian Poetry, John Hawke , single work review
— Review of Threefer Ken Bolton , 2013 selected work poetry ; Towns in the Great Desert Peter Boyle , 2012 selected work poetry ; Hotel Hyperion Lisa Gorton , 2013 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013 selected work poetry ; The Vision of Error : A Sextet of Activist Poems John Kinsella , 2013 selected work poetry ; Night Writing Kathryn Lomer , 2014 selected work poetry ; Even in the Dark Rose Lucas , 2013 selected work poetry ; Unbelievers, or 'The Moor' John Mateer , 2013 selected work poetry ; Ephemeral Waters Kate Middleton , 2013 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems Geoff Page , 2013 selected work poetry ; Leaves of Glass David Prater , 2013 selected work poetry ; Unearthed Tracy Ryan , 2013 selected work poetry ; Goad Omen Corey Wakeling , 2013 selected work poetry ;
(p. 144-163)
Heatwavei"Near dawn, the house still sweltering,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 166)
Pleasure in Elysiumi"A man with a bundle of balloons in his arms", Louise Carter , single work poetry (p. 167)
Foragingi"On the path up ahead a boy wanders with his father.", Beth Spencer , single work poetry (p. 168)
The Shortest Dayi"low slung, the remnants", Paul Summers , single work poetry (p. 169)
Sestinai"I’m waiting at the morning station, drinking tea,", Stu Hatton , single work poetry (p. 170-171)
The Garden Outsidei"I could tell you about the garden", Ross Jackson , single work poetry (p. 172)
Settlingi"I have bought a postcard, a portrait", Carol Millner , single work poetry (p. 174-175)
The Exilei"The rival grits her teeth when I enter and closes her eyes. Chavez dies.", Corey Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 176-177)
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