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April 2005, no. 270

April 2005, no. 270
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Full Contents

Politics

God Under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australian politics by Marion Maddox

by James Upcher
Poetry

The Long Game and Other Poems by Bruce Beaver

by John Tranter
Poem

Poem of the Week - 'Man on the Moon' by Stephen Edgar (2005 ABR Poetry Prize winner)

by Australian Book Review
Fiction

Brenda Niall reviews 'March' by Geraldine Brooks

by Brenda Niall
Literary Studies

J.M. Coetzee And The Ethics Of Reading: Literature in the event by Derek Attridge

by Sue Thomas
Commentary

'The tyranny of the literal' by James Ley

by James Ley
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