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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... vol. 4 no. 11 December 2009 of The Australian Literary Review est. 2006 The Australian Literary Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Master of Our Human Comedy, Peter Pierce , single work column (p. 6-7)
Note: Illustration of Thomas Keneally by John Tiedemann.
Versions of Me, Susan Mitchell , single work review
— Review of Harry M. Miller : Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent Harry M. Miller , Peter Holder , 2009 single work autobiography ; Ray : Stories of My Life : The Autobiography Ray Martin , 2009 single work autobiography ;
(p. 11)
Under Our Skins, Ross Fitzgerald , single work review
— Review of Beautiful Bodies Gerald Stone , 2009 single work novel ; The Saviour of Living Cargoes : The Life and Work of Caroline Chisholm 1808-1877 Carole Walker , 2009 single work biography ;
(p. 18)
Begauled, Jacqueline Dutton , single work column
Jacqueline Dutton traces the succession of French writing about Australia. She begins with the fictional travel writings and scientific studies stemming from the time of early French exploration of the Great South Land and continues through to the anthropology, education and journalism output of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
(p. 20)
Super Sex Me, Emma Tom , single work review
— Review of Affection : A Memoir of Love, Sex and Intimacy Krissy Kneen , 2009 single work autobiography ;
(p. 21)
Terrible Self-Knowledge, Peter Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of Unparalleled Sorrow : Finding My Way Back from Depression Barry Dickins , 2009 single work autobiography ; Killing the Black Dog : Essay and Poems Les Murray , 1997 selected work poetry prose ;
(p. 22)
Summer Elementali"A searing nor-westerly whips in from fine leg", James Stuart , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Science of Amazementi"I arrived in Whyalla as the waterclock", Anthony Lawrence , single work poetry (p. 23)
In the Lost World We Slept on Stonesi"On the gritty cliff-face of a gallery wall, trees", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 23)
Growing Content, James Bradley , single work criticism
James Bradley tracks the history of some of Australia's best known literary magazines as well as some late twentieth and early twenty-first century offerings. He notes the growing online presence of these journals, suggesting that this presence 'contains a vision of the future of the literary magazine, one that is inextricably bound up in the development of devices such as the Kindle and Apple's as-yet-unseen e-reader'.
(p. 24-25)
Friends in Hope, Rosemary O'Grady , single work correspondence (p. 26)
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