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May 2003, no. 251
Welcome to the May 2003 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Poem
‘Down with Beauty! Long Live Death!’, a poem by Geoff Page
by
Geoff Page
Poem
‘Praying with Christopher Smart’ a poem by Peter Steele
by
Peter Steele
Poem
'The Time Machine', a poem by Stephen Edgar
by
Stephen Edgar
Advances
Advances - May 2003
by Australian Book Review
Travel
The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing
edited by Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs
&
Venus in Transit
by Douglas R.G. Sellick
by
Ros Pesman
Media
Media and Society in the Twentieth Century: A historical introduction
by Lyn Gorman and David McLean
by
Terry Flew
Anthologies
Who’s Who in Twentieth-Century World Poetry
edited by Mark Willhardt and Alan Michael Parker
by
Geoff Page
Memoir
Whatever the Gods do: A memoir
by Patti Miller
by
Aviva Tuffield
Education
Undemocratic Schooling: Equity and quality in mass secondary education in Australia
by Richard Teese and John Polesel
by
Ilana Snyder
Indigenous Studies
Taking Responsibility for the Past: Reparation and historical justice
by Janna Thompson
by
Kristie Dunn
Philosophy
Sympathy: A philosophical analysis
by Craig Taylor
by
Eamon Evans
Biography
Lincoln
by Thomas Keneally
by
Donna Merwick
Law
Penal Populism and Public Opinion: Lessons from five countries
by Julian V. Roberts, Loretta J. Stalans, David Indemaur, and Mike Hough
by
Russell Hogg
Essay Collection
The Best Australian Essays 2002
edited by Peter Craven
by
Clive James
Fiction
The Hamilton Case
by Michelle de Kretser
by
Gail Jones
Memoir
Spooling Through: An irreverent memoir
by Tim Bowden
by
Brian McFarlane
Fiction
Warra Warra: A ghost story
by John Scott
by
Don Anderson
Fiction
Shanghai Dancing
by Brian Castro
by
Alison Broinowski
Politics
Ministers, Mandarins and Diplomats: Australian foreign policy making 1941–1969
by Joan Beaumont, Christopher Waters, and David Lowe, with Garry Woodard
by
Peter Edwards
Environment
Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason
by Val Plumwood
by
Janna Thompson
Biography
The Rush that Never Ended
by Geoffrey Blainey
&
The Fuss that Never Ended
edited by Deborah Gare et al.
by
Frank Bongiorno
Poetry
Lost in the Foreground
by Stephen Edgar
by
Judith Beveridge
Fiction
The Snow Queen
by Mardi McConnochie
by
Judith Armstrong
Commentary
'Letter from Beirut' by Abbas El-Zein
by
Abbas El-Zein
Society
The Experience of Middle Australia: The dark side of economic reform
by Michael Pusey
by
John Murphy
Religion
Islam in Australia
by Abdullah Saeed
by
Michael Humphrey
History
Prefiguring Cyberculture: An intellectual history
edited by Darren Tofts, Annemarie Jonson, and Alessio Cavallaro
by
Darren Tofts
Politics
Implicating Empire: Globalization and resistance in the 21st century world order
edited by Stanley Aronowitz and Heather Gautney
by
Peter Beilharz
Commentary
'Only as a Last Resort: Reflections on War and Justice' by Raimond Gaita
by
Raimond Gaita
Non-fiction
Orchids of Australia
by John J. Riley and David P. Banks
by
Silas Clifford-Smith
Eva Sallis reviews 'Asylum' by Heather Tyler
by
Eva Sallis
Letters
Letters May 2003
Fiction
Burke's Soldier
by Alan Attwood
by
Michael McGirr
Economics
HIH: The inside story of Australia's biggest corporate collapse
by Mark Westfield
by
Gideon Haigh
Memoir
Belonging: A memoir
by Renée Goossens
by
Joy Hooton
Fiction
The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks
by Brett D’Arcy
by
Peter Pierce
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