March 2016, no. 379

March 2016, no. 379

Welcome to our March issue – one of several themed issues we will publish this year. Poetry dominates the issue. First we have the five shortlisted poems in this year's international Peter Porter Poetry Prize. Then we publish the first in our States of Poetry – state-by-state anthologies designed to give readers a snapshot of some of the best contemporary poetry around the country. Peter Goldsworthy chooses six fine South Australian poets. Elsewhere, Kerryn Goldsworthy praises Suzanne Falkiner's important biography of the great novelist (and poet) Randolph Stow.

2016 Porter Prize Shortlist

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Battleground: Why the Liberal Party Shirtfronted Tony Abbott by Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen

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Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow by Suzanne Falkiner

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Fear Is the Rider by Kenneth Cook

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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science by Andrea Wulf

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Napoleon’s Roads by David Brooks

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Lives of the Great Photographers by Juliet Hacking

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The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards a Greener Future by David R. Boyd

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The Rise of the Machines and other love poems by Peter Goldsworthy

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

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Think Again: Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education by Stanley Fish

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The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien

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The Best American Essays 2015 edited by Ariel Levy & The Best Australian Essays 2015 edited by Geordie Williamson

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Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead by Nicholas Birns

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James Merrill: Life and Art by Langdon Hammer

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Falling and Flying: Poems on Ageing edited by Judith Beveridge and Susan Ogle

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Union: 15 Years of Drunken Boat, 50 Years of Writing from Singapore edited by Alvin Pang and Ravi Shankar

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Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

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Leaving Elvis and Other Stories by Michelle Michau-Crawford

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Joy Ride: Lives of the Theatricals by John Lahr

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Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life by David Cavanagh

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Yodelling Boundary Riders: Country Music in Australia since the 1920s by Toby Martin

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Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry by Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Red Queen by Isobelle Carmody

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Kent MacCarter is Poet of the Month

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Creating Poetry by Ron Pretty

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Rose Lucas reviews 'Ground' by Martin Langford, 'Eating my Grandmother' by Krissy Kneen, and 'Now You Shall Know' by Jennifer Compton

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A Little America in Western Australia: The US Naval Communication Station at North West Cape and the Founding of Exmouth by Anthony J. Barker and Michael L. Ondaatje

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Machine Rules: A Political Primer by Stephen Loosley

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Dancing in My Dreams: Confronting the Spectre of Polio by Kerry Highley

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The Simplest Words: A Storyteller’s Journey by Alex Miller

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The Bauhinia Tree: The Life of Kankawa Nagarra Olive Knight by Kankawa Nagarra Olive Knight

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The Lifted Brow: No. 28 edited by Stephanie Van Schilt, Ellena Savage, and Gillian Terzis

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Open Page with Drusilla Modjeska

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News from the Editor's Desk - March 2016

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Letters to the Editor - March 2016

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Brian Johns (1936–2016) by Andy Lloyd James and Peter Rose

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