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November 1990, no. 126
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Poetry
Jennifer Rankin: Collected Poems
by Judith Rodriguez
by
Michael Sharkey
Letter collection
Blessed City
by Gwen Harwood
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Fiction
Women and Horses
by Candida Baker
by
Kate Veitch
Poetry
Selected Poems
by Gwen Harwood
by
Bev Roberts
Fiction
The Keeper of the Nest
by Moira Watson
by
Vashti Farrer
Poetry
Excavation
by Gig Ryan
by
Lyn Jacobs
Fiction
Blood on the Lotus
by Lincoln Hall
by
Brian Forte
Poetry
Dog Fox Field
by Les Murray
&
Blocks and Tackles
by Les Murray
by
Julian Croft
Poetry
Simon Patton reviews 'The Earthquake Lands' by Hal Colebatch, 'The Winter Baby' by Jennifer Maiden, and 'To the Ocean & Scheherazade' by Richard Allen
by
Simon Patton
Poetry
Children’s Games
by Geoffrey Lehmann
&
The House of Vitriol
by Peter Rose
by
Philip Salom
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