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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... no. 31 2020 of FourW est. 1990 FourW (New Writing)
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'nguluman ... If the river ever gets going, it's only running a little, and the whole thing is never deep enough to fill the wetland and then trickle into the waterhole. They call that one Poisoned Waterholes Creek.' - Tara June Winch, The Yield.

'FourW thirty-one was made possible by a community arts grant from Riverina Water - brokered by our clever Claire Baker - so, as many of you know, the contents has a (non-exclusive) preoccupation with water in some sense - literally or metaphorically. Water can be a source, an end (life & death), a medium, indicative of intense or attenuated pain, pleasure, leakage, (ful)filment ... Geographically, cosmically, emotionally, politically, mathematically, botanically (I could go on ...) water metaphorises the depths, currents, fluidity, typhoons and tsunamis of the human condition. Certainly this has provided a stimulating prompt for writing workshops and both poetic and prosaic experimentation ... The teacher in me wants to invite readers to see how many water motifs, images, references (direct and implied) they can find in the contents. We thank Riverina Water for its commitment to and support for the creative well-being of our regional (writing) communities.' (David Gilbey, Editorial introduction)

Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.  

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Halloweeni"Loosened to the neighbourhood", Karen Andrews , single work poetry (p. 5)
Road Trip to the Mid North, SAi"Afternoon sun interrogates us from just below the visors", Jude Aquilina , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Are We There Yet?i"a beaded curtain of rain", Claire Baker , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Carrowmore Neolithic Cemetery, Sligoi"We stand entranced", Jenny Blackford , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
The Long Road to Asik-Asik, Erwin Cabucos , single work short story (p. 13-17)
Falling from the Skyi"The heat almost knocks him over", Joan Cahill , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Triolets of Timei"Time feels fluid as it slips away", Nevenya Cameron , single work poetry (p. 19)
That Rabbit on the Mooni"gathers twigs sets the fire sweeps leaves", Lyn Chatham , single work poetry (p. 20)
Petrichori"My parents love my girlfriend", Sally Chik , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
The Blindfold, Melissa Chipp , single work short story (p. 23-28)
Our Lost Songs, Marie Clear , single work prose (p. 29)
Trailing Towards the Lighti"Begin reading the guide of Capes,", Lisa Collyer , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The Idiolect of the Riveri"I am thinking of a particular river. The Huangarua", Jennifer Compton , single work poetry (p. 32)
Dieppei"Last night I dreamed of Dieppe.", Maurice Corlett , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
How the Gods Make Rain, Michael Crane , single work prose (p. 35)
Secret Placei"A shattered midnight.", Barbara De Franceschi , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Smoko at Pikers Hole, Jake Dean , single work short story (p. 38-41)
Vacant Gardensi"And through leafy shadows, tickling twigs, her face-", Jake Dennis , single work poetry (p. 42)
Buena Vista, Jane Downing , single work short story (p. 43-49)
Fake Billy Collins Poemi"This acoustic bus goes electric", Tug Dumbly , single work poetry (p. 50-52)

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