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February 2012, no. 338
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Editor's Diaries
Editor's Diary 2011
by
Peter Rose
Features
The fifty-seventh summer of Ray Lawler’s great play
by
John Rickard
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Letters
Letters to the Editor - February 2012
by
Hidden Author
Features
Neal Blewett on 'After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches' by P.J. Keating
by
Neal Blewett
Features
Dennis Altman reviews 'Panic' by David Marr
by
Dennis Altman
Politics
Fear and loathing in American politics
by
Morag Fraser
Features
‘O Rare Ben Jonson’
by
Lisa Gorton
Features
Robin Prior reviews 'All Hell Let Loose' by Max Hastings
by
Robin Prior
Features
A new orthodoxy for Australian art
by
Andrew Sayers
Features
Stephanie Guest on Finding Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne
by
Stephanie Guest
Language
'‘A new garment throughout’: The future of dictionaries in the digital age' by Sarah Ogilvie
by
Sarah Ogilvie
Essays
Nick Hordern reviews 'The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays' by Simon Leys
by
Nicholas Hordern
Film
Sonya Hartnett: Wolf Creek
by
Adam Rivett
Film
Philip French: I Found It at the Movies
by
Brian McFarlane
Film
Kevin Avery (ed.): Conversations With Clint
by
Jake Wilson
Australian History
John Hirst reviews 'A History of Tasmania' by Henry Reynolds
by
John Hirst
Australian History
Bernard Whimpress reviews 'The Premier and the Pastoralist: William Morgan and Peter Waite' by James Waite
by
Bernard Whimpress
Journal
Sally Heath (ed.): Meanjin, Vol. 70, No. 4
by
William Heyward
Fiction
Patrick Allington reviews 'The Chemistry of Tears' by Peter Carey
by
Patrick Allington
Fiction
Ruth Starke reviews 'A Common Loss' by Kirsten Tranter
by
Ruth Starke
Fiction
Bronwyn Lea reviews 'Mateship with Birds' by Carrie Tiffany
by
Bronwyn Lea
Fiction
Carol Middleton reviews 'Currawalli Street' by Christopher Morgan
by
Carol Middleton
Fiction
Donata Carrazza reviews 'Bite Your Tongue' by Francesca Rendle-Short
by
Donata Carrazza
Fiction
Kate Holden reviews 'The Last Thread' by Michael Sala
by
Kate Holden
Fiction
Phil Brown reviews 'Poor Man's Wealth' by Rod Usher
by
Phil Brown
Fiction
Gillian Dooley reviews 'Softly, As I Leave You' by Chandani Lokugé
by
Gillian Dooley
Fiction
Dean Biron reviews 'Comeback' by Peter Corris
by
Dean Biron
Poem
'Deep River' a new poem by Jennifer Maiden
by
Jennifer Maiden
Poem
'Grade', a new poem by Peter Rose
by
Peter Rose
Gay Studies
Christopher Reed: Art and Homosexuality
by
Robert Aldrich
Letters
Sandra Spanier and Robert W. Trogdon (eds):The Letters of Ernest Hemingway
by
James McNamara
Anthology
Kate Middleton reviews 'The Best Australian Poems 2011' edited by John Tranter
by
Kate Middleton
Anthology
David Day reviews 'The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing' edited by Mark Dapin
by
David Day
Literary Studies
Fiona Morrison (ed.): Selected Prose of Dorothy Hewett
by
Bruce Bennett
Literary Studies
Melinda Harvey reviews Margaret Atwood's 'In Other Worlds'
by
Melinda Harvey
Society
Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Emperor of all Maladies; Paul Cox: Tales From the Cancer Ward; Geoff Goodfellow, Grace Goodfellow, and Randy Larcombe: Waltzing with Jack Dancer; and Dudley Bradshaw: Cancer Four Times Removed
by
Felicity Plunkett
Memoir
HipsterMattic
by Matt Granfield
by
Alex O'Brien
Biography
Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon
by Nigel Starck
by
John Ellison Davies
Biography
Michael Keane: Views From the Balcony
by
Desley Deacon
New Zealand
Rachel Buchanan reviews 'A Concise History of New Zealand' by Philippa Mein
by
Rachel Buchanan
Poetry
Fiona Wright: Knuckled
by
Rose Lucas
Picture Books
Christine Nicholls reviews 'Mamang' by Kim Scott, Iris Woods, and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project and 'Noongar Mambara Bakitj' by Kim Scott, Lomas Roberts and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
by
Christine Nicholls
Graphic Novel
Oslo Davis reviews 'Habibi' by Craig Thompson
by
Oslo Davis
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