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The Cold Wars of Aileen Palmer and Clem Christesen : The Art of Keeping Friends at a Distance
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The Cold Wars of Aileen Palmer and Clem Christesen : The Art of Keeping Friends at a Distance
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'At a time of war and transition, we still strive to “talk poetry”,’ wrote Clem Christesen in his editor’s introduction to the first issue of Meanjin Papers in 1940. His firm belief in the importance of keeping Australia’s intellectual and aesthetic culture alive, even during wartime, would continue to be his central concern. Encouraging free discussion of art, literature and contemporary social problems, his only criterion for publication was what he called ‘quality’.' (Introduction)
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The Cold Wars of Aileen Palmer and Clem Christesen : The Art of Keeping Friends at a Distance
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