July 1999 Issue No. 212





Features



LA TROBE UNIVERSITYESSAY
Edmund Campion: On the Park Bench

ROLLING COLUMN
Thérèse Radic: Plays in Print



Reviews



aboriginal studies



Henry Reynolds: Why Weren't We Told? Morag Fraser
Rosalie Fraser: Shadow Child Philip Morrissey

ancient history



Josephine Flood: The Riches of Ancient Australia Mike Smith

art history



Nicholas Thomas: Possessions Bronwen Douglas

the cold war



Desmond Ball & David Horner: Breaking the Codes Peter Edwards

philosophy



Damien Broderick: The Last Mortal Generation Russell Blackford

feminism



Joan Kirner & Moira Rainer: The Women's Power Handbook Deborah Zion

psychology



Ross Fitzgerald & Anne Henderson (eds): Partners Graham Little
Valerie Wilson: The Secret Life of Money Michael McGirr

cultural studies



Anne Waldron Neumann: Should You Read Shakespeare? Robert Beardwood

war



John F. Williams: Anzacs, the Media and The Great War Jeffrey Grey

drama



Scott Rankin & Leah Purcell: Box the Pony Thérèse Radic

fiction



Antoni Jach: The Layers of the City Catherine Ford
Susan Varga: Happy Families Terri-ann White
Lily Brett: Too Many Men Kevin Brophy
Lee Tulloch: Wraith Phillipa Hawker
Bruce Pascoe: Shark Katharine England
Lucy Frost (ed): Wilde Eve Jane Messer

crime fiction



Kerry Greenwood: Death Before Wicket & Gabrielle Lord: Feeding the Demons Sue Turnbull

poetry



Peter Porter: Collected Poems Vol. 1 & 11 Peter Craven
Jennifer Harrison: Dear B Peter Rose
Alex Skovron: Infinite City & joanne burns: aerial photography Jennifer Maiden
Geoff Page: Collateral Damage Michael Costigan
Alan Gould: Dalliance and Scorn Adam Aitken

children's books



Caiseal Mór: The Harp at Midnight & Sally Rogers-Davidson: Spare PartsJenny Pausacker
Brian Caswell: The View From Ararat & Joan Abelove: Go and Come Back Stephen Matthews
Tony Shillitoe: Joy Ride & Elaine Forrestal: Straggler's Reef Pam Macintyre

shorts



Annette Shun Wah & Greg Aitkin: Banquet &Glen McLaren: Life's Been Good Francesca Cann
Rob Leach: The world as it is & Daryl Tonkin & Carolyn Landon: Jackson's Track Duncan Webb
Sandy McCutcheon: Poison Tree & John Kinsella (ed): Salt Ben Zipper

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Cover this month...
from the cover of Kerry Greenwood's Death Before Wicket (reviewed in this issue)
courtesy of Allen & Unwin


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