January-February 2019, no. 408

Full Contents
Letter collection
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 2: 1956–1963 edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
Society
Breaking News: The remaking of journalism and why it matters now by Alan Rusbridger
by Jane Cadzow
Essays
Net Loss: The inner life in the digital age (Quarterly Essay 72) by Sebastian Smee
by Alex Tighe
History
The Land of Dreams: How Australians won their freedom,1788–1860 by David Kemp
History
In Pursuit Of Civility: Manners and civilization in early modern England by Keith Thomas
Letter collection
The Luck of Friendship: The letters of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin edited by Peggy L. Fox and Thomas Keith
by Ian Dickson
History
Tiberius with a Telephone: The life and stories of William McMahon by Patrick Mullins
by James Walter
Open Page
Open Page with Geoffrey Lehmann
History
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A twentieth-century history by David Edgerton
by Simon Tormey
Environmental Studies
The Environment: A History of the Idea by Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Sörlin
by James Dunk
Politics
Back from the Brink, 1997–2001: The Howard Government Volume II edited by Tom Frame
Essays
Feeding the Ghost 1: Criticism on contemporary Australian poetry edited by Andy Kissane, David Musgrave, and Carolyn Rickett
by John Hawke
Poetry
White on White by Anne Elvey & The Sky Runs Right Through Us by Reneé Pettitt-Schipp
by Amy Lin
Politics
The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes & Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer
by Varun Ghosh
Theatre
The World Only Spins Forward: The ascent of angels in America edited by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois
by Tim Byrne