September 1998 Issue No. 204





Features



NATIONAL LIBRARY AUSTRALIAN ESSAY
Edward Colless: Jive
ROLLING COLUMN
Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs: A reply to Barry Hill

Letters



Reviews



politics



John Pilger: Hidden Agendas John Bryson
David Kelly and Anthony Reid (eds): Asian Freedoms Joe Rich
Tim Flannery: Throwim Way Leg Jenny Lee

art



Bernard Smith: Modernism's History Robert Smith

autobiography



Roberta Sykes: Snake Dancer Philip Morrissey
Victoria Thompson: Losing Alexandria Ann Skea
Paul Cox: Reflections & Paul Cox: Three Screenplays Thérèse Radic

natural history



William J. Lines: A Long Walk in the Australian Bush Mark Tredennick

sociology



Michelle de Kretser (ed): Brief Encounters Judith Armstrong

fiction



Matthew Condon: The Pillow Fight Tegan Bennett
Carolin Window: Shark Song Beverley Farmer
Andrew Masterson: The Last Days Fiona Capp
Steve Wright: The Life of Riley Catherine Ford
Michael Hermann: BigJesusTrashCan Chris Feik

crimefiction



Gabrielle Lord: The Sharp End Peter Craven
Matthew Riley: Ice Station Marele Day
J.R. Carroll: Cheaters Cath Kenneally

poetry



Philip Salom: New and Selected Poems Ivor Indyk
Philip Neilsen and Helen Horton (eds): 50 Years of Queensland Poetry 1940s-1990s Dorothy Hewett
John Leonard (ed): Australian Verse: An Oxford Anthology Philip Mead

poetry shorts



Andrew Leggett: Old Time Religion and Other Poems , Les Wicks: Nitty Gritty
& Mal Morgan: Out of the Fast Lane Bev Braune

children's fiction



Sonya Hartnett: All My Dangerous Friends Jenny Pausacker
David Metzenthen: Falling Forward & Scott Monk: Raw Margot Hillel
Moses Aaron: Man Dragon Peter Nicholls
Steven Herrick: Poetry to the Rescue & Steven Herrick: A Place Like This Margaret Dunkle

shorts



Sandra Goldbloom: The Book of Rachel Kristin Hammett
Judy Horacek: Lost in Space Andrea Moss
Debra Adelaide (ed): Cutting the Cord Andrea Moss

bulletin board





Cover this month...
Marco Luccio's Travel, drypoint/etching, 560 x 760cm
Courtesy of the artist, c/o MSP Australia, Level 2, Unit 6, 193A Lennox Street, Richmond Vic. 3121


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