January-February 2023, no. 450
Welcome to the summer issue of ABR – the 450th in the second series, which began in 1978. It’s a blockbuster of an issue, commencing with a powerful account by author-journalist Zoe Holman about the current agitation in Iran following the murder of Mahsa Amini. Political scientist Timothy J. Lynch (writing from Laramie in Wyoming!) examines the recent US midterms and America’s seeming return to the centre. Turning to Australian politics, we have key articles by Mark Kenny, Dennis Altman, Frank Bongiorno, and Kim Rubenstein. We are also delighted to reveal the 2023 Peter Porter Poetry Prize shortlist. Shannon Burns reviews Cormac McCarthy’s brace of new novels, and Penny Russell critiques Alex Miller’s thirteenth novel. In our arts section, seventeen ABR regulars nominate their Arts Highlights of 2022 – to complement our highly popular Books of the Year feature (published in the December issue).
Full Contents
Freedom, Only Freedom by Behrouz Boochani, edited and translated by Omid Tofighian and Moones Mansoubi
How to Rule Your Own Country: The weird and wonderful world of micronations by Harry Hobbs and George Williams
Not Now, Not Ever edited by Julia Gillard & How Many More Women? by Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida
The Long Alliance: The imperfect union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti
Partisans: The conservative revolutionaries who remade American politics in the 1990s by Nicole Hemmer
Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world by Brett Mason
Eggs for Keeps: Poetry reviews and other praise by Barry Hill
Destination Elsewhere: Displaced persons and their quest to leave postwar Europe by Ruth Balint
Bold Types: How Australia's first women journalists blazed a trail by Patricia Clarke
Admissions: Voices within mental health edited by David Stavanger, Radhiah Chowdhury, and Mohammad Awad
Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s first female filmmaking team by Mandy Sayer
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