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May 2012, no. 341
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Commentary
Patrick White in Adelaide
by
David Marr
Memoir
The House of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley
by Susan Swingler
by
Francesca Rendle-Short
Media
Class Act: A Life of Creighton Burns
by John Tidey
by
Nick Hordern
Australian History
The Censor’s Library: Uncovering the Lost History of Australia’s Banned Books
by by Nicole Moore
by
Geoffrey Cains
Education
What Are Universities For?
by Stefan Collini
by
Glyn Davis
Biography
Martin Amis: The Biography
by Richard Bradford
by
Jane Sullivan
Letters
Letters to the Editor
by
Hidden Author
Journal
Ormond Papers Volume XXVIII, 2011
edited by Pera Wells
by
Cassandra Atherton
Fiction
The Mountain
by Drusilla Modjeska
by
Gillian Dooley
Fiction
Running Dogs
by Ruby J. Murray
by
Christine Piper
Features
The world of William Kentridge
by
Lisa Gorton
Open Page
Open Page with Tony Birch
by
Tony Birch
Fiction
Jay Daniel Thompson reviews 'The Meaning of Grace' by Deborah Forster
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Fiction
Dead Heat
by Bronwyn Parry
by
Joy Lawn
Letters
The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume II: 1941–1956
by George Craig et al.
by
Michael Morley
Language
Landmines in lexicography
by
Sarah Ogilvie
Theatre
The Histrionic
by
Andrew Fuhrmann
Film
The Persistence of Hollywood
by Thomas Elsaesser
by
Adrian Danks
Film
The Deep Blue Sea
by
Brian McFarlane
Ornithology
Nest: The Art of Birds
by Janine Burke
by
Gay Bilson
Cultural Studies
Demanding the Impossible: Seven Essays on Resistance
by Sylvia Lawson
by
Judith Armstrong
Food
Annie Smithers: Annie's Garden to Table; and Guy Grossi: Recipes From My Mother's Kitchen
by
Christopher Menz
Biography
Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life
by Peter McPhee
by
Philip Dwyer
Young Adult Fiction
Sea Hearts
by Margo Lanagan
by
Maya Linden
Military History
Robin Prior reviews 'Anzac’s Dirty Dozen'
by
Robin Prior
Australian History
William Lawrence Baillieu: Founder of Australia’s Greatest Business Empire
by Peter Yule
by
John Arnold
Sport
Australia: Story of a Cricket Country
edited by Christian Ryan
by
Bernard Whimpress
Sport
The Tennis Courts of Lyon: Les Jeux de Paume de Lyon
by Richard Travers
by
Colin Nettelbeck
Poem
'One House', a new poem by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Poem
'Emily Poems', a new poem by John Kinsella
by
John Kinsella
Poetry
Late Night Shopping
by Rhyll McMaster
by
Bronwyn Lea
Poetry
The Keeper of Fish
by Alan Fish (edited by Philip Salom)
&
Keeping Carter
by M.A. Carter (edited by Philip Salom)
by
Cassandra Atherton
Poetry
Island Earth: New and Selected Poems
by S.K. Kelen
by
Anthony Lynch
Literary Studies
Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian literature 1840–1910
by Louise D’Arcens
by
Gregory Kratzmann
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