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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Earth Against Heaven : A Tiananmen Square Anthology
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tiananmen Square, 4th June 1989i"The nightingales, whose voices sang", Gwenda R. Waddington , single work poetry (p. 92)
An Ageing Australian Female Progressive Dreams During a Literary Seminar in 1989i"It was more than comforting to know History was on one's side.", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 95-98)
The Student : Tiananmen Square 1989i"Squatting in front", Jeff Guess , single work poetry (p. 99)
Two Soldiers of Tiananmeni"First Soldier. I am the soldier", Annette R. Corkhill , single work poetry (p. 100-101)
Green Teai"Snails close their shells with opaque,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 102)
Beijingi"It is your blood again.", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 103)
Beijing, 1988i"Outside the Xingiao hotel", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 104)
Dreamers of Tiananmen Squarei"They are all dreamers,", Nicholas Langton , single work poetry (p. 105)
Sitting Ducks in Tiananmen Square - the Official Versioni"An ancient man, head like a panda's skull, maps the flagstones, stops to", Andrew Brown , single work poetry (p. 106)
[Untitled] (from Life in the Valley) (for Ananta Arifin)i"In the Valley of flowing silk I first met you: you", Walter Tonetto , single work poetry extract (p. 109-110)
Returning from the Haunted Square of Heavenly Peace (for Donna Mantello)i"I fell asleep that night under the shade of the carapace", Walter Tonetto , single work poetry (p. 110-111)
The Lychee Treei"A tree in the South of China. Not the Ashwattha,", Walter Tonetto , single work poetry (p. 111-112)
A Portrait of the Goddess of Compassion in the River-Bed of Time (for Tanya Rajendran)i"Two rivulets - one from the west, the other", Walter Tonetto , single work poetry (p. 112-113)
Ideogram of War (for Aleks Vellis)i"The sky was red tonight. Colour", Walter Tonetto , single work poetry (p. 113-114)
Salute to Jiang Liangi"Bold force carved into the rafters: I come before you", Walter Tonetto , single work poetry (p. 114)
Afterword, Walter Tonetto , single work essay (p. 115-129)
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