REGULARS
EDITORIAL 2
GIOVANNI TISO 11
ALISON CROGGON 26
MEL CAMPBELL 35
NATALIE HARKIN 51
CONTRIBUTORS 94

 
FEATURES
AMY THOMAS 3
IT IS STILL THE BALANDA WAY
The war on Indigenous languages

CJ CHANCO 13
‘LAW AND ORDER’
Populism in the Philippines

ANGUS REOCH 20
ALL WORLDS DIE
Against apocalyptic despair

RAMON GLAZOV 40
THE QUEST FOR PRIMORDIAL
WHITENESS
On racial fantasies

RORY DUFFICY 46
SYMPTOMS OF STASIS
The politics of collapse

ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND 53
TO BE A QUEER TEACHER
Homophobia in the workplace

ANDREW DEAN 60
LOST OBJECTS
Nostalgia, Trump and Brexit

SUBHASH JAIRETH 88
THROUGH THE EYES OF A HUMANIST
Polyphonic literature

FICTION
ANDREI SELEZNEV 66
THE WAR IS A BIRD

AFOPEFOLUWA OJO 69
A CONSEQUENCE OF THINGS

HELEN DINMORE 75
SUPER FALLING STAR

KATY WARNER 82
THE TRIP
First place, Neilma Sidney Prize

POETRY PRIZE
JILL JONES & TOBY FITCH 28
JUDGES’ REPORT

ALISON WHITTAKER 29
MANY GIRLS WHITE LINEN
Equal first, Judith Wright Poetry

HOLLY ISEMONGER 31
OK CUPID
Equal first, Judith Wright Poetry

LACHLAN BROWN 32
SELF-DIVISION
Runner-up, Judith Wright Poetry

POETRY
OMAR SAKR
SWITCH 37
A LUNAR BINGE 38

DAN HOGAN
OLD GROWTH/HIGH DEFINITION 39

ARTWORK

NICKY MINUS
GUEST ARTIST ISSUE 226: COVER,
ILLUSTRATIONS PAGES 66, 69, 75, 82

BRENT STEGEMAN
ALL OTHER