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Notes
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Dedication: This issue is dedicated to Jenya Osborne 13 October 1940-10 March 2006.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Sound of Music,
single work
short story
fantasy
humour
In a story that strongly references the film The Sound of Music, the narrator is in training to be a nun, but is sent away to care for the children of a Captain von Trapp. The narrator appears to be Tom, the same narrator of the previous stories in Look Who's Morphing. Tom and Captain von Trapp are soon 'having sex and falling in love,' but as the relationship progresses, Tom finds that he is losing his identity and becoming very much like the Captain, even dressing and speaking like him. Wondering 'how do you solve a problem like co-dependency?', Tom returns to the abbey to ask the Mother Superior's advice. The Mother Superior and Tom each share fantasies about The Fonz from the television show Happy Days. Then, following the Mother Superior's advice, Tom decides to go to Switzerland to try to live like Captain von Trapp.
- Today on Dr Phil, single work short story (p. 11-14)
- The Wild, the Innocent, and the Kierkegaard Shuffle, single work short story science fiction (p. 39-44)
- Essay on Absence - Journal (with Judy Garland)i"I haven't reaaly seen it, Caravaggio's", single work poetry (p. 45-48)
- George Jeffreys Wakes Up in New Orleans George Jeffreys Woke Up in New Orleansi"George Jeffreys woke up in New Orleans.", single work poetry (p. 76-80)
- Yolk : A Short Episode, single work short story (p. 81-94)
- Night by Nighti"Strawberries ripen by the back door.", single work poetry (p. 95-96)
- Creative Treason and the Power of Shame, single work prose (p. 113-122)
- Egyptian Cottoni"This is a day", single work poetry (p. 167-168)
- Calving Timei"They arrive,", single work poetry (p. 169-170)
- Like Parra Saysi"Everyone loves to bag the individual", single work poetry (p. 184)
- The Mist Liftsi"The fickle insolidity of winter", single work poetry (p. 185)
- Weather-Proofi"That was when the weather told you what to do:", single work poetry (p. 186)
- Bathyscaphei"Five years it's been since Piccard woke", single work poetry (p. 187)
- The Memory Wirei"When I was twelve and in love with horses,", single work poetry (p. 188)
- Waiting, single work short story (p. 189-203)
- Completing a Self-Portraiti"the sky's blue breaks through him; he finds", single work poetry (p. 204)
- The Good Howard, single work short story (p. 205-213)
- Lesson 28: Kena , to Get or Incuri"The prau met with stiff breeze yesterday. These steps were broken", single work poetry (p. 214)
- Lesson 29: Adverbsi"I had heard enough. What else was there for the gardener had swept", single work poetry (p. 214)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Jostle of Selfhoods
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 65 no. 2 2006 periodical issue ; Overland no. 183 Winter 2006 periodical issue ; Heat no. 11 (New Series) 2006 periodical issue -
Read Them for the Articles
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 June 2006; (p. 24)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 65 no. 1 2006 periodical issue ; Heat no. 11 (New Series) 2006 periodical issue -
In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 May 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Heat no. 11 (New Series) 2006 periodical issue
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In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 May 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Heat no. 11 (New Series) 2006 periodical issue -
Read Them for the Articles
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 June 2006; (p. 24)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 65 no. 1 2006 periodical issue ; Heat no. 11 (New Series) 2006 periodical issue -
The Jostle of Selfhoods
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 65 no. 2 2006 periodical issue ; Overland no. 183 Winter 2006 periodical issue ; Heat no. 11 (New Series) 2006 periodical issue
Last amended 30 May 2006 14:56:39
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