November 1997, no. 196

Fiction

The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan

by Lucy Frost

Commentary

Rolling Column: The Role of the Critic

by Brian Castro

Advances

'Editorial' by Helen Daniel

by Helen Daniel

Music

The Oxford Companion to Australian Music edited by Warren Bebbington

by David Malouf

Biography

Snake Cradle: Autobiography of a black woman by Roberta Sykes

by Alexis Wright

Essay Collection

Secrets by Drusilla Modjeska, Amanda Lohrey and Robert Dessaix

by Morag Fraser

Biography

Lionel Murphy: A political biography by Jenny Hocking

by James Walter

War

A Nation at War: Australian politics, society and diplomacy during the Vietnam War, 1965–1975 by Peter Edwards

by Peter Pierce

Politics

Political Lives edited by Judith Brett

by Richard Hall

Indigenous Studies

The 1967 Referendum, or When the Aborigines Didn’t Get the Vote by Bain Attwood and Andrew Markus with Dale Edwards and Kath Schilling

by Barry Hill

Fiction

Genre by John Kinsella

by Barbara Brooks

Cultural Studies

The Virtual Republic: Australia’s culture wars of the 1990s by McKenzie Wark

by Gerard Windsor

Essay Collection

'Literary Authority' by Ivor Indyk

by Ivor Indyk

Symposium: Are there gangsters and gatekeepers dominating public space?

by John Docker

Theatre

The La Mama Collection: Six plays for the 1990s edited by Liz Jones

by Jack Hibberd

Music

Crowded House: Something so strong by Chris Bourke

by Stuart Coupe

Poetry

Lauren Williams reviews 'Horns of Dilemma' by Helen Brophy, 'Our Territory' by Ludwika Amber, 'Night Reversing' by Morgan Yasbincek, 'Pearls and Bullets' by Lizz Murphy

by Lauren Williams

Poetry

Broken Land: 5 days in Bre 1995 by Coral Hull

by Bev Roberts

Fiction

If God Sleeps by J.M. Calder

by J.M. Calder

Journal

Metre: A magazine of international poetry edited by Simon Caterson

by Ann Vickery

Fiction

The Illustrated Family Doctor by David Snell

by Philippa Hawker

Fiction

The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco by John Birmingham

by Justine Ettler

Politics

To Constitute a Nation: A cultural history of Australia’s constitution by Helen Irving

by Ross Fitzgerald

Fiction

Forget Me If You Can by Peter Corris & The Dark Edge by Richard Harland

by J.R. Carroll

Poetry

Seeing Things by Kevin Brophy

by Philip Salom

Short Stories

Twins by Chris Gregory

by Chris Feik

Biography

Emerarra: A Man of Merarra by Morndi Munro/Mary Anne Jebb

by Rosemary O’Grady

Fiction

Cath Kenneally reviews 'Deadline' by Jennifer Rowe

by Cath Kenneally

Fiction

Black Ice: A story of modern China by Trevor Hay and Fang Xiangshu

by Margaret Jones

Film

Australian National Cinema by Tom O’Regan

by David Carter

November 1997, no. 196

Full Contents

The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan

Rolling Column: The Role of the Critic

'Editorial' by Helen Daniel

The Oxford Companion to Australian Music edited by Warren Bebbington

Snake Cradle: Autobiography of a black woman by Roberta Sykes

Secrets by Drusilla Modjeska, Amanda Lohrey and Robert Dessaix

Lionel Murphy: A political biography by Jenny Hocking

A Nation at War: Australian politics, society and diplomacy during the Vietnam War, 1965–1975 by Peter Edwards

Political Lives edited by Judith Brett

The 1967 Referendum, or When the Aborigines Didn’t Get the Vote by Bain Attwood and Andrew Markus with Dale Edwards and Kath Schilling

Genre by John Kinsella

The Virtual Republic: Australia’s culture wars of the 1990s by McKenzie Wark

'Literary Authority' by Ivor Indyk

Symposium: Are there gangsters and gatekeepers dominating public space?

The La Mama Collection: Six plays for the 1990s edited by Liz Jones

Crowded House: Something so strong by Chris Bourke

Lauren Williams reviews 'Horns of Dilemma' by Helen Brophy, 'Our Territory' by Ludwika Amber, 'Night Reversing' by Morgan Yasbincek, 'Pearls and Bullets' by Lizz Murphy

Broken Land: 5 days in Bre 1995 by Coral Hull

If God Sleeps by J.M. Calder

Metre: A magazine of international poetry edited by Simon Caterson

The Illustrated Family Doctor by David Snell

The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco by John Birmingham

To Constitute a Nation: A cultural history of Australia’s constitution by Helen Irving

Forget Me If You Can by Peter Corris & The Dark Edge by Richard Harland

Seeing Things by Kevin Brophy

Twins by Chris Gregory

Emerarra: A Man of Merarra by Morndi Munro/Mary Anne Jebb

Cath Kenneally reviews 'Deadline' by Jennifer Rowe

Black Ice: A story of modern China by Trevor Hay and Fang Xiangshu

Australian National Cinema by Tom O’Regan