December 1997–January 1998, no. 197

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Society

Remaking Men: The revolution in masculinity by David Tacey

by Guy Rundle

Selected Writing

Lines of Fire: Manning Clark and Other Writings by Peter Ryan

by Peter Pierce

Short Stories

Fellow Passengers: Collected stories by Elizabeth Jolley

by Cathrine Harboe-Ree

Biography

Greer, Untamed Shrew by Christine Wallace

by Jenna Mead

Short Stories

Carmel Bird reviews 'Collected Stories' by Thea Astley

by Carmel Bird

Fiction

If God Sleeps by J.M. Calder

by Katherine England

Fiction

Swallowing Clouds by Lillian Ng

by Terri-ann White

Essay Collection

Once an Australian: Journeys with Barry Humphries, Clive James, Germaine Greer and Robert Hughes edited by Ian Britain

by Philippa Hawker

Poetry

Tierra del Fuego: New and selected poems by Jennifer Strauss

by Stephanie Trigg

History

Barmaids: A history of women’s work in pubs by Diane Kirkby

by Joy Damousi

Anthology

Fathers in Writing edited by Ross Fitzgerald and Ken Spillman

by Delia Falconer

Fiction

Kicking in Danger by Alan Wearne

by JR Carroll

Poetry

The Gatekeeper’s Wife by Fay Zwicky

by Robert Adamson

Editorial

by Helen Daniel

Fiction

Tasting Salt by Stephanie Dowrick

by Jack Callil

Poetry

Poems: Seven Ages by Barbara Giles

by Geoff Page

Australian History

Speaking Out of Turn: Lectures and speeches, 1940–1991 by Manning Clark

by Michael Cathcart

Letter Collections

My Dear Spencer: The letters of F. J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer edited by John Mulvaney, Howard Morphy, and Alison Petch

by Barry Hill

History

Last Walk in Naryshkin Park by Rose Zwi

by Sarah Dowse

Essay Collection

Intellectuals and Publics: Essays on Cultural Theory and Practice edited by Paolo Bartolini, Karen Lynch, and Shane Kendal

by Michael McGirr

Religion

Morris West: A writer and a spirituality by Maryanne Confoy

by David Tacey

Fiction

Nightpictures by Rod Jones

by Don Anderson

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Burning for Revenge by John Marsden

by Pam Macintyre

Fiction

Capital, Volume One by Anthony Macris

by Brenda Walker

Essay Collection

Confessions of an S&M Virgin by Linda Jaivin

by John Birmingham

Letters

Letters - December 1997 - January 1998

Bugger The Scenery. Where’s the butter?

by Elizabeth Jolley

Memoir

'Bugger The Scenery. Where's the butter?'

by Elizabeth Jolley

Poetry

Hemingway in Spain and Selected Poems by David P. Reiter

by Bev Braune