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September 2008, no. 304
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Australian History
David Trigger reviews 'The Tall Man' by Chloe Hooper
by
David Trigger
Fiction
Sea of Many Returns
by Arnold Zable
by
Adrian Mitchell
Antarctica
Awesome Mawson
by
Kerrie Round
Biography
Twofold hero
by
Robin Prior
Poetry
Bark
by Anthony Lawrence
by
Martin Duwell
Biography
Literature of the street
by
Brian Nelson
Biography
A sad case?
by
Roger Covell
Military History
The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, spies and spin
by Peter Yule and Derek Woolner
by
Tom Frame
Science and Technology
In Defence of Food: The myth of nutrition and the pleasures of eating
by Michael Pollan
by
Patrick Allington
Essay Collection
Tolerance, Prejudice and Fear
by Christos Tsiolkas, Gideon Haigh and Alexis Wright
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
A contrary life
by
Heidi Maier
Commentary
'Whose story is it?' by Rachel Robertson
by
Rachel Robertson
Cultural Studies
The wounded man
by
Geoff Gallop
Literary Studies
Critical stances
by
Gregory Kratzmann
Philosophy
Creation: Artists, gods & origins
by Peter Conrad
by
Angus Trumble
Advances
Advances - September 2008
by
Australian Book Review
Biography
A World-Proof Life: Eleanor Dark, a writer in her times, 1901-1985
by Marivic Wyndham
by
David Carter
Fiction
Still Waters
by Camilla Noli
by
Christina Hill
Fiction
The Woman in the Lobby
by Lee Tulloch
by
Rebecca Starford
Fiction
Yearning for Acceptance
by Lisha Miller
by
Hannah Kent
Letters
Letters - September 2008
by
Charles Boag, Patrick Buckridge, Helen Andreoni
Non-fiction
Tasmania's Wilderness Battles: A History
by Greg Buckman
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Music
W. A. Mozart
by Hermann Abert, translated by Stewart Spencer and edited by Cliff Eisen
by
Ian Holtham
Commentary
La Trobe University News | La Trobe Graduate Steven Carroll wins the Miles Franklin Award
by
Australian Book Review
Non-fiction
A Good Death: An argument for voluntary euthanasia
by Rodney Syme
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Private splendours
by
Elisabeth Holdsworth
Being Manning
by
John Thompson
Danish Lite
by
Ruth Starke
Death of a government
by
Norman Abjorensen
The Muslim mindset
by
Shahram Akbarzadeh
Local corrections
by
Christina Hill
No certain answers
by
Richard Broinowski
Disease of longing
by
Geordie Williamson
Lingering nostalgia
by
Judith Armstrong
Non-fiction
A Matter of Principle
by
Gillian Dooley
Poem
‘News & Sports’ by Pam Brown
by
Pam Brown
The art of black-boxing
by
Nicholas Brown
Engaging with facts
by
Stephanie Owen Reeder
Patrons Corner | Interview with Elisabeth Holdsworth
by
Australian Book Review
Poetry
Poems 1980-2008
by Jan Owen
by
David Gilbey
Language
Worrying About China: The language of Chinese critical inquiry
by Gloria Davies
by
Francesca Beddie
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