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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Best Australian Essays 2011
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Fairy Death, Gillian Mears , single work autobiography
Gillian Mears reflects on being photographed lying unclothed under a mirror with a red balloon. 'The invitation from photographer Vincent Long arrived early in 2009. Would I be interested in taking part in his portrait series of Australian writers? Each participant would appear with a helium-filled red balloon, a kind of homage to the Lamorisse film, as well as symbolising in some sense the writer's muse.' Source: Gillian Mears
 (p. 1-15)
Happiness in the Flesh, David Malouf , extract essay (p. 17-27)
A Handful of Thoughts before the Dust, Craig Sherborne , single work criticism (p. 113-115)
Can We Be Heroes? : Chris Lilley and the Politics of Comedy, Peter Conrad , single work criticism (p. 132-140)
In the Rat Room : Reflections on the Breeding House, Gail Bell , single work essay (p. 140-158)
In the Pines : A Girl Skulks Along Memory's Edge, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 141-148)
Death and Distraction, Helen Elliot , single work autobiography (p. 159-165)
On Not Writing, Morris Lurie , single work prose (p. 166-175)
On Self-Knowledge : A Ring and Its Keeper, Andrew Sant , single work autobiography (p. 189-192)
Nine-Eleven-Itis, Shakira Hussein , single work autobiography (p. 193-207)
In the Wee Small Hours, Paul Kelly , extract autobiography (p. 227-233)
Sweating, Delia Falconer , extract prose (p. 253-271)
It's Peter Dom, Richard Flanagan , single work prose (p. 272-277)
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