August 1998 Issue No. 203
Features
NATIONAL LIBRARY AUSTRALIAN ESSAY
Kerryn Goldsworthy: Free-Associating: Docker, ASL and the Old Chestnut
ROLLING COLUMN
Michael Sharkey: A Round-up of Literary Magazines
Letters
Reviews
history
Miriam Estensen: Discovery Kate Darian Smith
John Toohey: Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare Alan Frost
John Gascoigne: Science in the Service of Empire Michael Cathcart
Patricia Clancy and Jeanne Allen (trans and eds): The French Consul's Wife Lucy Frost
politics
Richard Hall: Black Armband Days Ross Fitzgerald
Sharon Beder: Global Spin Peter Christoff
aboriginal studies
Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs: Uncanny Australia Barry Hill
Quentin Beresford and Paul Omaji: Our State of Mind Carmel Bird
fiction
Helen Garner: My Hard Heart Don Anderson
Eva Sallis: Hiam & Rowena Ivers: The Spotted Skin Nigel Krauth
Colleen McCullough: The Song of Troy Di Brown
Camilla Nelson: Preserving Acts & Christelle Haddad: Shadia's Promise Ian McFarlane
art
Margot Neale et al., ed. and designed by Jenny Zimmer : Emily Kame Kngwarreye Penny Webb
sociology
Rosemary Pringle: Sex and Medicine Catharine Lumby
poetry
John Tranter: Different Hands Don Anderson
Coral Hull: How Do Detectives Make Love Tom Shapcott
Martin Langford: In the Cages of Love's Grading , Charlotte Clutterbuck: Soundings & Jeff Guess: Living in the Shade of Nothing Solid J. S. Harry
children's books
Christine Harris: Fortune Cookies Tess Brady
Elspeth Cook and Anna Donald: Hard Time Pam Macintyre
Gary Crew: Force of Evil & Sophie Masson: Cold Iron Peter Nicholls
Glynn Parry: Sad Boys & Gary Crew: Mam's Babies Stephen Matthews
Geoffrey McSkimming: Ascent into Asgard & Margaret Clark: No Fat Chicks Barry Carozzi
shorts
Gregory Mellheuish: The Packaging of Australia & Law/Text/Culture Justin Clemens
Pat Jacobs: Going Inland Kristin Hammett
bulletin board
Cover this month...
Dean Bowen: The Offering 1997, etching, aquatint, drypoint, edition of 25, 67.2 x 88.8cm
Courtesy of Australian Galleries, 35 Derby Street, Collingwood Vic. 3066