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December 1990–January 1991, no. 127

Welcome to the December 1990-January 1991 issue of Australian Book Review!

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Essay Collection

'The Site of Diversity' by Michael Guest

by Michael Guest

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Fineflour by Gillian Mears

by Kate Veitch

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Blue Notes by Laurie Duggan

by Lyn Jacobs

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Nights with Grace by Rosie Scott & Strange Objects by Gary Crew

by Kathryn Hope

Poetry

Translation by John A. Scott

by Simon Patten

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'Sunday at Glen Alice'

by Nadia Wheatley

Essay Collection

Terri-Ann White reviews 'Trouble in Lotus Land' by Charmian Clift, 'The Devious Being' by Betty Roland, and 'Eat My Words' by Marion Halligan

by Terri-ann White

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'On Patrick White' by Humphrey McQueen

by Humphrey McQueen

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'This is how it’s going to be then'

by Alex Miller

Commentary

This is how it’s going to be then

by Alex Miller

Fiction

Velvet Waters by Gerald Murnane

by D. J. O’Hearn

Biography

Charles Perkins: A biography by Peter Read

by Stuart Macintyre

The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is now open

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