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'This edition of Meanjin is dedicated to [Dorothy Porter's] memory.' - Judith Beveridge, p.2.
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Includes the fourth instalment of Caroline Lee's serialised novel Stripped.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
- Editorial, single work obituary (p. 1-2)
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Intelligentsia: Louis Kahan's Portraits of Writers,
single work
column
A report noting that, from 22 January to 19 April 2009, the Ian Potter Museum in Melbourne held an exhibition of Louis Kahan's portraits of writers. The portraits were previously published in Meanjin from 1951 to 1974.
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The Written Image,
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criticism
George Dunford explores the development of the graphic novel in Australia.
- An Implosion of Knowledge, single work essay (p. 56-61)
- Sickness and the Art of Healing, single work essay (p. 62-70)
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The Politics of Prizes,
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criticism
Beth Driscoll discusses the inaugural year of the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the Australia-Asia Literary Award. She suggests that both awards have 'implications for the development of our national literary culture' and the power to play a 'symbolic role' as 'affirmations of our writers, our nation and our region'.
- Genres and Generalities, single work criticism (p. 79-84)
- Losing Iris, single work autobiography (p. 85-89)
- Living Their Lives in Cages: A South African Notebook, single work diary (p. 90-98)
- A Portrait of the Writer as Half a Dozen Places, single work essay (p. 99-108)
- Their Hooks Find Hold Deep in Our Flesh : Part Four, single work prose (p. 109-123)
- The Friction Zone : Sophie Cunningham Talks to Nam Le, Sophie Cunningham (interviewer), single work interview (p. 134-143)
- Salt, single work short story (p. 154-160)
- Something's Gotta Give, single work short story (p. 161-168)
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In the Shade of the Shady Tree,
single work
short story
'The Shady Tree. The Tree at the Centre of Town. The Big Fig Tree. The Lovers’ Tree. It had a bunch of names, with different age groups favouring different names. It was an old tree, at least sixty years, and long ago seats had been set up under its massive twisting limbs for a quiet and cool moment in this hot, inland wheatbelt town. Even when the fruits came and fell and stained all around, people sat there. At night ‘the boys’ drank and smoked, sometimes ‘pashed on’ with their girls. During the day the town ‘characters’ would sit, watching all that went by, and waiting for acknowledgement and greeting. Ol’ Bill had right of way—for a good fifty of the sixty years, he’d spent at least an hour every day on one of the seats. The tree was cherished, and was even photographed as part of the authentic heritage look of the town.' (Introduction)
- At Some Point You Have to Run, single work short story (p. 175-178)
- The Gift of Art, single work short story (p. 179-189)
- Wolfgangi"In the Smithsonian", single work poetry (p. 206-207)
- Mingmarriya Countryi"Limestone country, flayed back", single work poetry (p. 208)
- Breast Strokesi"Rubens' women haunt the eye, their breasts", single work poetry (p. 209)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Four Literary Journals : An Overview
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Spring no. 4 2009; (p. 137-140)
— Review of Heat no. 19 (New Series) 2009 periodical issue ; Island no. 116 Autumn 2009 periodical issue ; Meanjin vol. 68 no. 1 Autumn 2009 periodical issue ; Westerly vol. 53 no. November 2008 periodical issue -
Off the Shelf : Literary Magazine
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 March 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 68 no. 1 Autumn 2009 periodical issue
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Off the Shelf : Literary Magazine
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 March 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Meanjin vol. 68 no. 1 Autumn 2009 periodical issue -
Four Literary Journals : An Overview
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Spring no. 4 2009; (p. 137-140)
— Review of Heat no. 19 (New Series) 2009 periodical issue ; Island no. 116 Autumn 2009 periodical issue ; Meanjin vol. 68 no. 1 Autumn 2009 periodical issue ; Westerly vol. 53 no. November 2008 periodical issue