August 1999 Issue No. 213





Features



LA TROBE UNIVERSITYESSAY
Justine Ettler: Rebels Without A Cause

ROLLING COLUMN
Nigel Krauth: The Invisible Story Leapt Out At Me



Reviews



biography



Cassandra Pybus: The Devil and James McCauley Robert Manne
Stephen Holt: A Short History of Manning Clark Peter Craven

philosophy



Dale Jamieson (ed): Singer and His Critics Max Charlesworth

essays



Rosie Scott: The Red HeartLucy Frost

sociology



Don Miller: Neighbours and Strangers Ross Fitzgerald

aboriginal studies



Peter Read: A Rape of the Soul So Profound Michael McGirr

anthropology



Sandy Toussaint: Phyllis Kaberry and Me Leanne Reinke

jewish studies



Antonia Finnane: Far From Where? Felicity Bloch

conservation



Peter Meredith: Myles and Milo Peter Christoff

land rights



Veronica Strang: Uncommon Ground John Harrison

theatre



Rob Johnson and David Smiedt: Boom-Boom! Simon Clews

fiction



Brenda Walker: Poe's Cat Carl Harrison-Ford
Amy Witting: Isobel on the way to the corner shopCameron Woodhead
Suneeta Peres da Costa: Homework Ivor Indyk
Catherine Jinks: The Inquisitor & Anna and Jane Campion: Holy SmokeMichael Sharkey
Nicholas Hasluck: Our Man K &Nigel Krauth: Freedom Highway Peter Pierce
Jack Dann: The Silent Laurie Clancy

crime fiction



Barry Maitland: The Chalon Heads & Chris Nyst: Cop This J.R. Carroll

poetry



Robert Adamson: Black Water Dorothy Hewett
M.T.C. Cronin: Everything Holy Jennifer Strauss
John Kinsella (ed): Landbridge Martin Harrison
Jennifer Strauss (ed): Family Ties Bev Roberts

children's books



Libby Hathorn: Ghostop Books One, Two & Three Tess Brady
Geoffrey McSkimming: Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx & Brian Caswell: Whispers From the Shiboleth Barry Carozzi
Colin Bowles: Going Off , Laurene Kelly: I Started Crying Monday & Diane Chase: Surf's Up Ruth Starke

shorts



Marshall Browne: The Burnt City &Magdalene Williams: This Is My Word Abigail Makim
Michael Moran: Point Venus & Kay Dreyfuss: Sweethearts of Rhythm Elizabeth Dean
Tom Frame: Binding Ties & David P. Reiter: Triangles Ben Zipper

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Cover this month...
from the cover of David P. Reiter's Triangles (reviewed in this issue)
courtesy of Interactive Press


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