Contents

Jeff Sparrow − Editorial

Features

Christos Tsiolkas − The Slap 1.0
Maxine Clarke−The unbearable whiteness of beauty
Rodney Hall−Copyright, the market and the survival of Aust Lit
Dennis Altman−Escaping the tribe?
Bob Brown−The will of the people
Jenny Hocking−The election that never was
Carmela Baranowska−‘Why are you still alive?’
Thomas Shepherd−A life in mirrors
Tara June Winch−Picture of a Shell-shocked land

Melbourne Futures Fiction*

Margo Lanagan−Until the solid earth dissolves
Andrew Morgan−Heart of dockness
Jack Dann−Mohammed’s angel
Lucy Sussex−Riot on the State Library lawn

Poetry

Cassandra O’Loughlin − Nourishment
Desh Balasubramaniam − North − East Anthem
Elena Knox − Salacia
Tanja Kovac − Cultural Cringe
Paul Mitchell − Second Marriage
Debbie Lim − Taking Blood
Bonny Cassidy − Lining space, drying time
π.o. − Ned Kelly
Joel Scott − Four Heads, Morocco
Eddie Paterson − Blood on the tracks
Qi Guo, translated by Ouyang Yu − Mid Autumn
Kevin Gillam − small religion

Reviews

Tom Clark – Journey Without Arrival
Bel Monypenny - The Red Highway
John McLaren - 60 Classic Australian Poems
Laurie Clancy - Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley
Lyndon Megarrity - The Dreaming and Other Essays

* Supported by the City of Melbourne 2009 Arts Grants Program