'The poems in this issue of Not Very Quiet have moved, startled and delighted me, and they leave me in no doubt that (in the resounding words of Arundathi Roy) we will lay siege to empire and pave the way for another world …
'She is definitely on her way … I can hear her breathing …' (Anita Patel, Editorial introduction)
Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Comme des garçons by Akka Ballenger Constantin
Eating my Ghost Ration by Devon Balwit
Ekkentros by Toni La Ree Bennett
Bones by Brooke Callen
It’s Later Than You Think by Michelle Brooks
In Paris, my eyes made me Chinese by Caris Cruz
three tanka by Anne Louise Curran
Black Dream Bird by Moyra Donaldson
Geese Pond, 1985, and a Photo of My Daughter by Apryl Fox
Flying by Mary Ellen Greenwood
Duende and Long Live L.A. by Christina Lengyel
Blade Runner 2049 by Wes Lee
Peafowl by Erin Halliday
Delinquency by Patricia L. Hamilton
Icarus by Maggie Harless
Jesus puts up a Facebook page by Michelle Hartman
Captain Longstocking Laura Hoffman
Send my roots rain Cheryl Hopson
Winter Romana Iorga
The Postman never knocks twice Shokoofeh Jabbari
Here the birds have learned by Arezu Montazer
The Night Shift Sheila Mulrooney
Juche Paula Persoleo
After Charlottesville Donna Pucciani
Fair Condition Chelsea Stone
Husband Elana Wolff
Author's note: In 2010, Mary Anning was recognised by the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge as one of the 10 most influential women scientists in British history.