October 2021, no. 436
The October issue of ABR brings together some of the country’s finest critics on the latest political and cultural developments. In our cover article, David Jack offers a trenchant critique of the privileging of ‘bare life’ in state responses to the pandemic. Morag Fraser reads Tim Bonyhady’s latest book on the politics of visual culture in Afghanistan, while James Curran assesses the recent history of Australian–American diplomatic relations. It is a blockbuster fiction issue with reviews of the latest offerings by Sally Rooney and Jonathan Franzen by Beejay Silcox and Declan Fry, respectively. Booker Prize shortlisted novels by Damon Galgut and Richard Powers are also examined. David McCooey follows poet Sarah Holland-Batt as she ‘fishes for lightning’ in her criticism, and there are new poems by Ann Vickery and Alex Skovron. The issue also looks at work by Maggie Nelson, Jeanette Winterson, Nicolas Rothwell – and much, much more!
Full Contents
The Art of More: How mathematics created civilisation by Michael Brooks
The Seasons: Philosophical, literary, and environmental perspectives edited by Luke Fischer and David Macauley
What Is to Be Done: Political engagement and saving the planet by Barry Jones
12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love by Jeanette Winterson
On Freedom: Four songs of care and constraint by Maggie Nelson
True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture by Terri Janke
Tongerlongeter: First Nations leader and Tasmanian war hero by Henry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements
News from ABR
Letters to the Editor
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