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'I’m very pleased that #UNFUNDED Issue 20 has arrived to celebrate a decade of Mascara.

'My thanks to all our contributors to the journal and to our editors, especially Jo Langdon and our intern, Zachary Ward.

'We remain grateful to the Australia Council and to the writing community for their strong support, past and present in social media and for our activism.

We are seeing new literary journals such as The Suburban Review, Pencilled-In and platforms such as Feminartsy emerge to support writers in the margins, suggesting the continuity of discourses necessary to sustain and foster diversity.

'A serious editorial is to follow here soon; meantime, we hope you enjoy some of the excellent work in these pages ….

Michelle Cahill

Editor

April 2017

(Editorial)

Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
- But Sundays by American poet Jessica Dionne
- At Least this Music and Shark Eye, February by American poet Jenna Cardinale
- Poems by American poet Darren C Demaree
- Offshore by UK writer Kay Sexton (Short story Prize winner)
- Hayley Scrivenor reviews We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
- Robert Wood reviews Annihilation of Caste by Ambedkar, introduced by Arundhati Roi

* Contents derived from the 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Container"We conquer hearts like climbing", Adolfo Aranjuez , single work poetry

Road Trip"In the summer of 1995 my mother and I took", Shastra Deo , single work poetry

Salt, Sugar"You never told me how it happened—bones trembling", Shastra Deo , single work poetry

Home Is the Solace of Small Towns (Springbrook 1991)"Eucalypts filter light like fly screen", Mindy Gill , single work poetry

Orchid Avenue"When my grandfather hears the first curlew", Mindy Gill , single work poetry

The Wreck of the Heartland"You have chosen your compass for this voyage.", Paul Dawson , single work poetry

The Honeyeaters"“I am half a soul.”", T. J. Wilkshire , single work poetry

Dear Father,"At morning –", T. J. Wilkshire , single work poetry

The Sun Was As Yellow As Her Wash Soap"Sometimes I feel glad no one", Annie Blake , single work poetry

You Like The Smiths?"there’s someone in class today who looks like", Danny Silva Soberano , single work poetry

Watching the Curry Van at Margaret River Mouth"watchsprings", R. D. Wood , single work poetry

Depart"Your death is a soft, green wing. Velvet spun by sun.", Anne Walsh , single work poetry

Venetian Lullaby"You gaze from your cot at the belltower", Paul Munden , single work poetry

Four Poster"The frame was hung with tapestries. If he lay", Paul Munden , single work poetry

Five Untitled Prose Poems"Thoughts bother the night, they’re out of control. He tells himself the thing he’s thinking about", Owen Bullock , single work poetry

So Much Fruit…"You look so odd in this backyard", Anita Patel , single work poetry

Apples and Chillies"Last night I heard a woman talk about apples.", Anita Patel , single work poetry

In Australia, It Rotates Counter-Clockwise"Plok! And a galaxy of yellow brown muck splashed into being. No longer pristine, the water in the", Angela Serrano , single work poetry