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July 2023, no. 455

July 2023, no. 455 Welcome to the July issue of ABR! This month ABR examines questions of politics, history, and immigration. Bain Attwood’s cover feature offers a nuanced examination of the Voice referendum from a historical perspective, drawing on the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal rights. Other major features include David Rolph on the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case and the vindication of investigative journalism, Jack Corbett on sovereignty games in the Pacific Islands, and ABR Laureate’s fellow Ebony Nilsson on the ALP’s uneasy history with immigration. Sheila Fitzpatrick examines a new history of East Germany and Michael Hofmann reviews Anna Funder’s major repositioning of Eileen O’Shaugnessy, George Orwell’s first wife. Also in the issue, Helen Morse takes us backstage, Brenda Walker reviews a collection of essays from critic Helen Elliott, Geordie Williamson appraises a new short story collection from J.M. Coetzee, and Patrick Mullins looks at transformations in the Australian media.
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Full Contents

Advances

Advances - July 2023

by Australian Book Review
Letters

Letters to the Editor - July 2023

by John Carmody, et al.
Memoir

Eleven Letters to You: A memoir by Helen Elliott

Economics

Capitalism: The story behind the word by Michael Sonenscher

Fiction

The Pole and Other Stories by J.M. Coetzee

Fiction

The Fire and the Rose by Robyn Cadwallader

Fiction

After the Rain by Aisling Smith

Fiction

Where I Slept by Libby Angel

Fiction

Anam by André Dao

Poem

Dise

Literary Studies

Barron Field in New South Wales: The poetics of Terra Nullius by Justin Clemens and Thomas H. Ford

Memoir

Line in the Sand by Dean Yates

Poetry

Spore or Seed by Caitlin Maling & Increments of the Everyday by Rose Lucas

Poetry

I Have Decided to Remain Vertical by Gaylene Carbis & The Drama Student by Autumn Royal

Environment

The Power of Trees: How ancient forests can save us if we let them by Peter Wohlleben, translated by Jane Billinghurst

Gender

She and Her Pretty Friend by Danielle Scrimshaw

Open Page

An interview with Nick McKenzie

by Australian Book Review
Interview

Backstage with Helen Morse

by Australian Book Review