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June–July 2019, no. 412

June–July 2019, no. 412
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Memoir

Alice Whitmore reviews Requiem with Yellow Butterflies by James Halford

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Fiction

Nicole Abadee reviews Frankissstein: A love story by Jeanette Winterson

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Commentary

Epiphany: 'Braving Glyndebourne' by Robyn Archer

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Theatre

Desley Deacon reviews Seven Big Australians: Adventures with comic actors by Anne Pender

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Art

Christopher Allen reviews Heaven on Earth: Painting and the life to come by T.J. Clark

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Poetry

Geoff Page reviews The Tomb of the Unknown Artist by Andy Kissane

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History

Jacqueline Kent reviews Faber & Faber: The untold history of a great publishing house by Toby Faber

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History

Christina Twomey reviews Contesting Australian History: Essays in honour of Marilyn Lake edited by Joy Damousi and Judith Smart

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Politics

Rubik Roy reviews Dead Right: How neoliberalism ate itself and what comes next by Richard Denniss

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Politics

Varun Ghosh reviews Tired of Winning: A chronicle of American decline by Richard Cooke

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Politics

Michael Sexton reviews Robert Menzies: The art of politics by Troy Bramston

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Biography

Michael McGirr reviews King of the Air: The turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith by Ann Blainey

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Essay Collection

‘A mutinous and ferocious grace: Nick Cave and trauma’s aftermath' by Felicity Plunkett

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History

Ceridwen Spark reviews Sea People: The puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

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Society

Zora Simic #MeToo: Stories from the Australian movement edited by Natalie Kon-yu et al.

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Publisher of the Month

Publisher of the Month with Sam Cooney

Fiction

Dean Biron reviews The Van Apfel Girls are Gone by Felicity McLean

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Fiction

Emily Gallagher reviews four new Young Adult novels

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Fiction

Gabriel García Ochoa reviews Homeland by Fernando Aramburu, translated by Alfred MacAdam

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Fiction

Amy Baillieu reviews Crossings by Alex Landragin

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Fiction

Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews Fled by Meg Keneally

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Fiction

Stephen Dedman reviews Eight Lives by Susan Hurley

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Fiction

Lisa Bennett reviews Exhalation by Ted Chiang

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Fiction

Alison Broinowski reviews Typhoon Kingdom by Matthew Hooton

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Open Page

Open Page with Chris Womersley

Poem

'Tangelo', a new poem by Karen Rigby

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Calibre Prize

2019 Calibre Essay Prize (runner-up): 'Floundering' by Sarah Walker

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Poem

'Honeywell', a new poem by Rowan McNaught

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Cultural Studies

Alex Tighe reviews Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith

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Environmental Studies

Alistair Thomson reviews Hazelwood by Tom Doig

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Environmental Studies

Daniel May reviews Black Saturday: Not the end of the story by Peg Fraser

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Environmental Studies

Kate Griffiths reviews Blackout: How is energy-rich Australia running out of electricity? by Matthew Warren

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History

Alan Atkinson reviews Bedlam at Botany Bay by James Dunk

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Politics

Rémy Davison reviews The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and world order by Hal Brands and Charles Edel

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Politics

Glyn Davis reviews Winners Take All: The elite charade of changing the world by Anand Giridharadas

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Fiction

Tell us your Favourite Australian Novel

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Fiction

Jack Callil reviews Spring by Ali Smith

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Story

'Metal language', a new story by Beejay Silcox

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Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - June–July 2019

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Letters

Letters to the Editor - June–July 2019

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