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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Risks
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* Contents derived from the South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Shanghai-Dancing, Brian Castro , single work short story (p. 11-34)
Sass (from a Work-in-Progress), Sara Dowse , extract (p. 36-57)
The Photographer, Joan London , single work short story (p. 59-80)
Southern Hemisphere Human, Gillian Mears , single work short story (p. 82-105)
The First One (from a Work-in-Progress), Kim Scott , extract single work short story (p. 106-123)
Dear Rosanna and the Crippled Man The Arabesque, Brenda Walker , single work short story (p. 124-148)
A Man and His Dreams, Marele Day , single work short story (p. 149-167)
Apostrophe, Tom Flood , single work short story (p. 169-183)
The Re-Incarnation of Madame Tussaud, Gail Jones , single work short story (p. 184-196)
Notes Towards the Scream, Beverley Farmer , single work short story (p. 197-214)
St Cloud, David Brooks , single work short story (p. 215-232)
Paris (from Zone), John Scott , extract (p. 233-278)
Fragrant Harbours (from a Work-in-Progress), Simone Lazaroo , single work short story (p. 279-296)
As High as an Elephant's Eye, Carmel Bird , single work prose (p. 297-317)

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Introduction : From There to Here and Then to Now : A Very Rough Guide Anna Gibbs , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , 17 April no. 17 2013;
'The project represented by this collection of work was conceived in 2009, by Moya Costello who pushed the other editors to act on our previous discussions, as a 'landmark anthology' of Australian women's experimental writing in the vein of the maps made by collections of the 1970s and 1980s: Mother, I'm rooted (edited by Kate Jennings, 1975) which was the first collection of poetry by Australian women, and F(r)ictions (edited by Anna Gibbs and Alison Tilson, 1982)1 . To our dismay, the current state of print publishing in Australia made such an enterprise impossible, as our proposal was rejected everywhere we sent it, mostly it seems because such collections have gone out of favour, at least with publishers. In the face of these refusals, we decided to opt for a journal publication, and this journal, TEXT, the journal of the Association of Australasian Writing Programs, was an obvious choice, since it has a wide - and growing - readership both in (and outside) universities, and, when it comes to experimental writing, teachers are always seeking examples for use in class. Publishing in a journal, however, meant we had to cull all the work which had been previously published, and this means that many writers whose work would otherwise have been part of this collection are not represented here, including some of the major figures in Australian experimental writing (Alexis Wright and Marion May Campbell, to name just two). This collection also has a strong bias towards work from Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, mostly by virtue of the locations and histories of its editors, but also because we had almost no response to our call from elsewhere in Australia. Nor is there the avowedly Aboriginal work we had hoped for: again, our own connections were perhaps one limitation, but it is also likely that these writers have other priorities than experimentation (sovereignty and justice, for example) or anthology projects such as this one. The work included here is not blind refereed, but every piece was read and discussed by all four editors, and editorial work of one sort or another was performed on most of the contributions.' (Author's introduction)
Untitled Rosemary Sorensen , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 41 no. 3 1996; (p. 137-142)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract
Risks Worth Taking Heather L. E. Neilson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , June vol. 8 no. 2 1996; (p. 9-10)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract
Risks of Story Don Anderson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 28)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract
From the Margins Tegan Bennett Daylight , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 May 1996; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract ; Out West : Australian Dirt 1996 anthology short story poetry
New Paperbacks Anne Susskind , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 March 1996; (p. 10)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract
Something to Gnaw on After the Page is Turned Marian Favel Clair Eldridge , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 April 1996; (p. C8)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract ; Out West : Australian Dirt 1996 anthology short story poetry
From the Margins Tegan Bennett Daylight , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 May 1996; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract ; Out West : Australian Dirt 1996 anthology short story poetry
Risks of Story Don Anderson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 28)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract
Risks Worth Taking Heather L. E. Neilson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , June vol. 8 no. 2 1996; (p. 9-10)

— Review of Risks 1996 anthology short story extract
Introduction : From There to Here and Then to Now : A Very Rough Guide Anna Gibbs , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , 17 April no. 17 2013;
'The project represented by this collection of work was conceived in 2009, by Moya Costello who pushed the other editors to act on our previous discussions, as a 'landmark anthology' of Australian women's experimental writing in the vein of the maps made by collections of the 1970s and 1980s: Mother, I'm rooted (edited by Kate Jennings, 1975) which was the first collection of poetry by Australian women, and F(r)ictions (edited by Anna Gibbs and Alison Tilson, 1982)1 . To our dismay, the current state of print publishing in Australia made such an enterprise impossible, as our proposal was rejected everywhere we sent it, mostly it seems because such collections have gone out of favour, at least with publishers. In the face of these refusals, we decided to opt for a journal publication, and this journal, TEXT, the journal of the Association of Australasian Writing Programs, was an obvious choice, since it has a wide - and growing - readership both in (and outside) universities, and, when it comes to experimental writing, teachers are always seeking examples for use in class. Publishing in a journal, however, meant we had to cull all the work which had been previously published, and this means that many writers whose work would otherwise have been part of this collection are not represented here, including some of the major figures in Australian experimental writing (Alexis Wright and Marion May Campbell, to name just two). This collection also has a strong bias towards work from Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, mostly by virtue of the locations and histories of its editors, but also because we had almost no response to our call from elsewhere in Australia. Nor is there the avowedly Aboriginal work we had hoped for: again, our own connections were perhaps one limitation, but it is also likely that these writers have other priorities than experimentation (sovereignty and justice, for example) or anthology projects such as this one. The work included here is not blind refereed, but every piece was read and discussed by all four editors, and editorial work of one sort or another was performed on most of the contributions.' (Author's introduction)
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