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CONTENTS

ADVANCES
The latest literary news from the Editor's desk.

LETTERS
John Carmody

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY NEWS
The Sounds of Aus Lawrie Zion

REFERENCE
Raymond John Howgego: Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850–1940
Maura O’Connor et al.: Australia in Maps Ian Morrison

MILITARY HISTORY
Jeffrey Grey: A Military History of Australia, Third Edition
David Horner and Jean Bou (eds): Duty First Peter Edwards
Robin Rowland: A River Kwai Story
Pattie Wright: The Men of the Line John Connor
Peter Ewer: The Forgotten Anzacs Jeffrey Grey

POEMS
Dorothy Porter
Judith Bishop
Joan Grant

POLITICS
Michael Burleigh: Blood and Rage Peter Rodgers

MIDDLE EAST
Noah Feldman: The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State Jonathan Pearlman

ART
Bernard Smith: The Formalesque Luke Morgan
Jeffrey Smart: Not Quite Straight Ian Britain
Christine Dixon (ed.): Turner to Monet Mary Eagle

PAST AND PRESENT
Bernard Smith: The Critic As Advocate, Selected Essays, 1941–1988 Jonathan Holmes

FICTION
Fiona Capp: Musk and Byrne Adam Rivett
Steve Toltz: A Fraction of the Whole Louise Swinn
Sarah Hay: Texas Stephanie Green
Wendy James: The Steele Diaries Christina Hill
Julienne Van Loon: Beneath the Bloodwood Tree Peter Pierce
Adriana Ellis: Glass
Anthony Lynch: Redfin Marion M. Campbell

YOUNG ADULT FICTION
D.M. Cornish: Lamplighter Chad Habel

FICTION IN BRIEF
Rachel Hennessy: The Quakers Tali Polichtuk
Peter McConnell: A History of the Great War Steve Gome
Caroline Hamilton: Consumed Emily Fraser

LETTER FROM AMERICA
Angus Trumble

MUSIC
Michael Ewans: Opera from the Greek Robert Gibson

ANTHROPOLOGY
Geoffrey Grey: A Cautious Silence Francesca Merlan

CULTURAL STUDIES
Richard Sennett: The Craftsman Hugo Bowne-Anderson

JOURNALS
Ian Britain (ed.): Meanjin, Vol. 66 No. 4 & Vol. 67, No.1
Julianne Schultz (ed.): Griffith Review 20
Jeff Sparrow (ed.): Overland 190 Lyn McCredden

LITERARY STUDIES
Ann Vickery: Stressing the Modern Jennifer Strauss
Laura (Riding) Jackson, (ed. John Nolan): The Failure of Poetry, The Promise of Language Chris Wallace-Crabbe

NATIONAL NEWS
Luck and Happenstance Sylvia Marchant

THEATRE
Gabrielle Wolf: Make It Australian Martin Ball

SOCIETY
Alan McKee, Katherine Albury and Catherine Lumby: The Porn Report
Emily Maguire: Princesses and Pornstars
Susanna Paasonen, Kaarina Nikunen and Laura Saarenmaa: Pornification Jay Daniel Thompson

HISTORY
Stephen Utick: Captain Charles, Engineer of Charity Beverley Kingston

MEMOIRS
Carolyn Landon et al.: Cups with No Handles Marian Quartly
Joan Coxsedge: Cold Tea for Brandy Nick Fischer

ANTHOLOGY
Martin Harrison, John Jenkins and Jan Owen (eds): Eclogues Andrew Burns

POETRY
Alan Wearne: The Australian Popular Songbook David McCooey
John Mateer: Elsewhere Maria Takolander
John Kinsella: Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful Nicholas Birns
Philip Neilsen: Without an Alibi Ian Templeman

CHILDREN'S FICTION
Second Impressions Anna Ryan-Punch

NON FICTION IN BRIEF
Kate Darien-Smith, Patricia Grimshaw and Stuart Macintyre: Britishness Abroad Gillian Dooley
Anouk Ride: The Grand Experiment Matthew Clayfield
Margaret Reynolds: Living Politics Gillian Dooley

CONTRIBUTORS

 

Peter Rose: Helen Garner's The Spare Room
'Rage, in the end, is almost the central
character in the book, and a slightly unmodulated
one at that. The narrator, like some Nurse from
Hel, is conscious of something violent sizzling
inside her.' Read full review.

Kate McFadyen on Joan London's
The Good Parents
'The question as to why an intelligent young
woman, who has been raised in a stable and
loving home by open-minded parents, feels the
need to act in such a stupid way is at the heart
of the novel.' Read full review.

Julian Burnside on Torture and Democracy
'There must be some part of the human psyche
which secretly thrills at the idea of inflicting
unbearable pain on others. How else to explain
the fact that torture has been practised in every
civilisation in every age?' Read full review.

Hugh White on The Three Trillion Dollar War
'In real terms, the war has already cost more
than either the Vietnam or Korean wars, and is
likely to exceed that of the American involvement
in World War I. The monthly cost has risen
steadily to $16 billion per month, which is $138
per month for every household in America.'
Read full review.

 

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