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'In last issue’s editorial, Daniel Young wrote about his “recent preoccupation with landscape metaphors”, and while writing this editorial it was impossible for me not to be preoccupied with landscape: Tropical Cyclone Debbie made landfall as a category four system on 28 March near Airlie Beach, approximately 480 kilometres north of Rockhampton, where I live. Subsequently, the Fitzroy River flooded, peaking on 6 April at 8.75 metres.' (Stuart Barnes : Editorial introduction)
Notes
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Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
- Conjugate by Irish poet by Mark Ward
- Silly Money by UK writer by Craig Burnett
- Cul-de-sac Back by American writer by Kevin Del Principe
- Beijing by Stephen Smith
Contents
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Moederland : Part Two : Memorable Humiliations,
single work
prose
(p. 5-6)'Of all the exotic and unusual cities in the world that I could have moved to, I find myself in a place with which I am intimately familiar while at the same time being disconcertingly strange.' (Introduction)
- Loss Correspondencei"Where the wind shreds prayers, on a dark", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Volta Do Mar, sequence poetry (p. 7-8)
- Water Needlesi"Everyone is asleep but the sea, knotting, un-", single work poetry (p. 8)
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Political Reflections Part Two : Trump’s Inauguration,
single work
prose
(p. 9-13)
'On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, I received a text message from my mum. It came at an inconvenient time.
-We are home safe after an exciting day.' (Introduction)
- Ode to Mortality Composed on the W90i"Should I pay ‘handsome weeping boys’ to wipe my tears, should I", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Mounting Sexual Tension Between Two Long-Time Friends; Tom Knows That Ant Is A Spy But Ant Doesn’t, single work short story (p. 16-30)
- Apologyi"it’s sam cooke in harlem hot", single work poetry (p. 31)
- The Real Ryan O’Neill, single work prose (p. 32-35)
- Judith Arundell Wrighti"Writing wings", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- The Waxworker, single work short story (p. 38-46)
- Interview with Cher Chidzey, Daniel Young (interviewer), single work interview (p. 47-54)
- Queen Victoria Market (69 Days), extract novel (p. 55-61)
- Beetroot, single work short story (p. 62-72)
- The Lady in the Bottlei"I conjured him a falcon", single work poetry (p. 73)
- Mother Tongue, single work prose (p. 74-81)
- Reality Checki"Your thinking is", single work poetry (p. 82)
- The Back of My Father’s Neck, single work short story (p. 83-88)
- Portrait of the Artist Dressed as His Mother, single work short story (p. 89-92)
- Corymbia / Evergreeni"under ghost gum / awash with watercolour sky", single work poetry (p. 103)
