CURRENT ISSUE May 2008 No.301 $8.95

CONTENTS

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

LETTERS
Bob Reece, Nicholas Brown, Brenda Niall, Ian Britain, John Thompson, Paul Genoni

TRIBUTE
John Button – An Integrated Life Morag Fraser

LITERARY STUDIES
Fredric Jameson: The Modernist Papers J.M. Coetzee
Catherine Cole: The Poet Who Forgot David Brooks
James Wood: How Fiction Works Stephanie Bishop

POEMS
Chris Andrews
Philip Mead
Jill Jones

ANTHOLOGY
Anita Heiss and Peter Minter (eds): Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature Jaya Savige

POLITICS
Darius Rejali: Torture and Democracy Julian Burnside
Tony Jones (ed.): The Best Australian Political Writing 2008 Patrick Allington

FICTION
Tim Winton: Breath James Ley
Helen Garner: The Spare Room Peter Rose
Julia Leigh: Disquiet Nicholas Birns
Joan London: The Good Parents Kate McFadyen

PAST AND PRESENT
Tim Winton: The Turning James Ley

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes: The Three Trillion Dollar War Hugh White

HISTORY
Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds: Drawing the Global Colour Line Warwick Anderson

INDIGENOUS STUDIES
Michael Davis: Writing Heritage Maria Nugent

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
Anna Clark: History’s Children John Hirst
Ray Evans: A History of Queensland David Moore
Jonathan Richards: The Secret War Russell McGregor

MEMOIRS
Georgia Blain: Births Deaths Marriages
Kathleen Stewart: The After Life Shirley Walker
Sabina Wolanski (with Diana Bagnall): Destined to Live Yossi Klein
Kate Jennings: Stanley and Sophie Michael Williams

MUSIC
Ann Blainey: I am Melba Michael Shmith
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise Robert Gibson

ART
Judith Pugh: Unstill Life
Irena Sibley: Self-Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Vivien Gaston

CHINESE STUDIES
Antonia Finnane: Changing Clothes in China Gloria Davies

THE 2007 ABR/ FLINDERS UNIVERSITY ANNUAL LECTURE
‘Body, Brain and the New Science of Communication’ Ian Gibbins

GAY STUDIES
Michael Bernard Kelly: Seduced by Grace John Rickard

POETRY
Elizabeth Campbell: Letters to the Tremulous Hand
L.K. Holt: Man Wolf Man Maria Takolander
Barry Hill: As We Draw Ourselves Martin Duwell

REFERENCE
Urusla Dubosarsky (illus. Tohby Riddle): The Word Spy
Paul Jennings: The Reading Bug and How to Help Your Child Catch It Stephanie Owen Reeder

YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Catherine Jinks: Genius Squad
Celeste Walters: At Seventeen Maya Linden

CONTRIBUTORS

 

Peter Rose on Jacqueline Kent's
An Exacting Heart
'Hephzibah's story is much less well known and
frequently overlooked in Yehudi's biographies,
partly because of the nature of her two marriages
(which drew her, intermittently, away from the
recital hall)...' Read full review.

Susan Sheridan on Kate Llewellyn:
The Dressmaker's Daughter
'This is one woman's story, and it is, as well, the
story of many women of her generation. These
are the author's South Australian years...'
Read full review.

Geoffrey Blainey on A Biographical Dictionary
of Australian and New Zealand Economists
'Why has Australia produced or been the arena
for so many influential economists? The book
does not offer a direct answer. One reason must
be the deep economic troubles which the nation
has periodically faced.' Read full review.

Special feature: ABR turns 300!
Contributions for Inga Clendinnen, Glyn Davis,
Morag Fraser, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Clive James,
Richard Walsh and Geordie Williamson.
Read full review.

 

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