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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... vol. 51 no. 1 Autumn 1992 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Autumn, Maria Lewitt , single work short story (p. 149-155)
Red-Shouldered Phasmidi"A twig with leaves;", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 156)
Statementi"Years spent with the elegance,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 157)
Incomplete Observation of Processi"The brown rocking-chair", J. S. Harry , single work poetry (p. 158-160)
White Pointersi"I see you crouched on the edge of the Bight", Deborah Staines , single work poetry (p. 160)
Angels Versus Demonsi"'We are not enough grateful to our guardian demons,' Juliska tells me.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 161)
Pregnanti"Juliska has been sulking all week. She wants a child like the others.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The smallest Russian babushka doll wants to have a 'child' like the larger ones and gets some buttons and beads as a substitute, with a rattling 'twice for good measure.'
 (p. 161)
The Mathematics of Absurdityi"Juliska has been taking a keen interest in my sewing basket.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
Russian babushka doll's smallest doll 'falls in love' with a red cotton reel, but when it is put inside her the five dolls are thrown into uproar at the cotton reel's supposed claims to historic agency and presence, i.e., helping Theseus through the labyrinth.
 (p. 161-162)
Doll (for Carmel Bird), Jan Owen , sequence poetry (p. 161-163)
Gesturesi"October 17th. J says she's tired of Russian local politics and", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The smallest Russian babushka doll is tired of 'the politics of size' and reading modern poetry complaining of emptiness. She wonders if the 'little box' in a poem might be her 'real' mother.
 (p. 162)
Hussari"J has begun peering over my shoulder again. She's clearly jealous of", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The smallest Russian babushka doll is jealous of the writer's work and invents a heroic Hungarian hussar for father, as the first step in dictating her Memoirs.
 (p. 162-163)
Frozen Crows Bouncei"J's Memoirs are stalled on the steppes of discontent.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
With her Memoirs stalled, Juliska the smallest Russian babushka doll is invited to write poetry and produces a haiku about her father the crow who falls of a Hills Hoist at twenty below zero and bounces twice.
 (p. 163)
Postmodern Viewsi"The way I view it", Lyn McCredden , single work poetry (p. 164-165)
Dustingi"It's odd about dusting. Painting, oiling, powdering, greasing,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 166)
Baking : 1943i"You always kept your mother's cookery book", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 166-167)
Couplei"She wrestles with sealed plastic.", Judith Rodriguez , single work poetry (p. 167)
The Passionate Pensioneri"The girls pass by on the other side of the street.", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 168)
Night Piecei"The baby cries.", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 168)
Contemporary Culture, Romance Fiction and "The Thorn Birds", Heather Wearne , single work criticism (p. 169-179)
Nellie Answers the Childi"I put out sweetness for the bees.", Angela Rockel , single work poetry (p. 181)
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