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February 2005, no. 268
Welcome to the February 2005 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Commentary
A Reply to ‘Let's End This Dissertation Dissipation’ by Tom Griffiths
by
Tom Griffiths
Politics
Conversations With The Constitution: Not Just A Piece Of Paper
by Greg Craven
by
James Upcher
Commentary
Famous Battles in the War between Words and Music: From Monteverdi to Puff Daddy
by
Peter Goldsworthy
Short Stories
The Best Australian Stories 2004
by Frank Moorhouse
by
Gail Jones
Reference
Encyclopedia Of Exploration 1800 To 1850
by Raymond John Howgego
by
Ian Morrison
Politics
The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty
by Robyn Eckersley
by
Emily Potter
Memoir
The Unforgiving Minute
by Tim Jarvis
by
Brigid Hains
Fiction
Angel Puss
by Colleen McCullough
by
Nicola Walker
Fiction
Spirit Wrestlers
by Thomas Shapcott
by
Joy Hooton
Fiction
Brother Fish
by Bryce Courtenay
by
Gillian Dooley
Biography
A Love Affair with Australian Literature: The story of Tom Inglis Moore
by Pacita Alexander and Elizabeth Perkins
by
Anthony J Hassall
Commentary
Gallery Notes by Patrick McCaughey
by
Patrick McCaughey
Letters
Letters - February 2005
by
Hidden Author
The Superior Person's Third Book of Words
by Peter Bowler
&
Wordwatching
by Julian Burnside
by
Frederick Ludowyk
Film Studies
Australian Cinema After Mabo
by Felicity Collins and Therese Davis
by
John Slavin
Indigenous Studies
Going The Whiteman’s Way: Kinship And Marriage Among Australian Aborigines
by David McKnight
by
Inga Clendinnen
Memoir
Frank Hurly: A Photographer's Life
by Alasdair McGregor
by
John Thompson
Anthology
Bittersweet: The Indo-Fijian Experience
by Brij V. Lal
by
Katherine Cummings
Biography
Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev
by Robert Dessaix
by
Vivienne Kelly
Poem
‘Someone to Confide In’, a new poem by Chris Edwards
by
Chris Edwards
Poem
‘The Bridge’, a new poem by Peter Steele
by
Peter Steele
Poem
‘The Knot’, a new poem by Judith Beveridge
by
Judith Beveridge
Biography
The Natasha Factor: Politics, Media and Betrayal
by Alison Rogers
by
Margaret Fitzherbert
Biography
Brief Lives
by Peter Ryan
by
Mary Lord
Fiction
Geography
by Sophie Cunningham
by
Maya Linden
Technology
A Hacker Manifesto
by McKenzie Wark
by
Owen Richardson
Poetry
Unfinished Journey: Collected Poems 1932-2004
by Michael Thwaites
by
Philip Harvey
Picture Books
Belonging
by Jeannie Baker
by
Stephanie Owen Reeder
Art
Papunya: A place made after the story: The beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement
by Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
by
Tim Bonyhady
Literary Studies
Heat 8
edited by Ivor Indyk
&
Life Writing Vol. 1 No. 2
edited by David McCooey
by
Melinda Harvey
Literary Studies
Loose Lips
edited by Lauren Finger et al.
&
True North
edited by Marain Devitt
by
Michael Williams
Poetry
Minyung Woolah Binnung
by Lionel Fogarty
&
Smoke Encrypted Whispers
by Samuel Wagan Watson
by
Peter Minter
Politics
A Win and A Prayer
edited by Peter Browne and Julian Thomas
&
Run Johnny, Run
by Mungo MacCallum
by
Philip Selth
Literary Studies
Crime Fiction
by Stephen Knight
&
The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction
edited by Martin Priestman
by
Rick Thompson
Short Story
‘So Clean and So Unsuffering’, a short story by Josh Wilson
by
Josh Wilson
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