November 1999 Issue No.216





Features



LA TROBE UNIVERSITYESSAY
José Borghino: For Art's Sake

ROLLING COLUMN
Don Darbyshire on Peter Carey: Some Fresh Insights



Reviews



biography



Drusilla Modjeska:Stravinsky's Lunch Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Paul Adams: The Stranger from Melbourne Laurie Clancy
Michael and Joan Tallis: The Silent Showman Thérèse Radic

autobiography



Erin Shale (ed): Inside Out Crusader Hillis
Rosamund Dalziell: Shameful Autobiographies David McCooey

history



John Ferry: Colonial ArmidaleBarrie Dyster

politics



J. Spoehr (ed): Beyond the Contract State Alex Castles

philosophy



Raimond Gaita: A Common Humanity Jean Curthoys
J.E. Malpas: Place and Experience Tony Hughes-d'Aeth

expatriates



Stephen Alomes: When London Calls John Rickard

psychology



Graham Little: The Public Emotions Michael McGirr

literary criticism



Ann Blake: Christina Stead's Politics of Place Kerryn Goldsworthy

fiction



Christopher Koch: Out of Ireland Cassandra Pybus
Elliot Perlman:The Reasons I Won't Be Coming Andrew Riemer
Kathleen Stewart: The Red Room Terri-ann White
Gaby Naher: Bathing in Light Thomas Shapcott

science fiction



Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick: The Book of Revelation Rosaleen Love

crime fiction



Anne Hilton-Bruce: Dear Dead Brother
& Tom Howard: A Brush with Death J. R. Carroll

poetry



Les Murray:Conscious and Verbal Ivor Indyk
Geoff Page: The Scarring & Patricia Sykes: Wire Dancing Martin Harrison
Six Five Islands Press poets Jennifer Maiden

children's books



Mark Svendsen: Snigger James on Grey
& Phil Cummings: A Piece of Mind Robyn Sheahan-Bright

Christine Harris: Foreign Devil
& Strephan Mappin: Kiss of BloodStephen Matthews
James Roy: Captain Mack
&Corey Daniells: Mystery at Devon HouseJudith Ridge
Glyn Parry: Scooterboy & John Larkin: Pizza Features Barry Carozzi

shorts



Vin Maskell and Gina Perry: Write to Publish
& Susan Kurosawa: Coasting Elizabeth Dean
Carol Woods: Vision Fugitive
& Kerry Conway: Do You Take This Man? Anastasia Gonis
Peter Wherrett: The Quest for the Perfect Car
& M. J. Hyland and Carolyn Tetaz (eds): Nocturnal Submissions Melissa Hart

bulletin board





Cover this month...
Julian Martin: James Hird1997, pastel on paper 65 x50cm
Exhibition of the work of nine artists from Arts Project Australia, November 3-27
Australian Galleries, 33 Derby Street, Collingwood, Vic 3066


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