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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... vol. 82 no. 1 Autumn 2023 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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'Light, air and the autumn wind. Good drying weather. Ethics and history and peace and war and the laundry. Taking stock. Abandoned cities, lost children, political legacies emptied of all honour. 孝弟也者、其为仁之本与. How we commemorate, and what we forget. The cost of education, the cost of living, the costs of doing nothing. Insects, birds, bulls, deer, saplings, forests, the Great Barrier Reef. Ethical beekeeping, hydrogeology, the second person. Ruin porn and inspiration porn. Solarpunk and Chengyu and the Argonauts. Housing and home, love and Metta, class and compassion. Understanding where it is that we exist when we're gathering our forces. Let's get our house in order—and prepare for what comes next.' 

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Contents

* Contents derived from the 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Messagingi"A spider caught 17 flies. (Gave", TT. O , single work poetry (p. 9)
Life of a Folk Devil, Michael Mohammed Ahmad , single work autobiography (p. 10)
Study on Artefactsi"we survived", Alison J. Barton , single work poetry (p. 23)
Australia in Three Books, Eugenia Flynn , single work review
— Review of Up, Not Down, Mate! : Thoughts from a Prison Cell Robert Walker , 1981 selected work poetry ; Carpentaria Alexis Wright , 2006 single work novel ; All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien , 2022 single work novel ;
(p. 24)
Adam and ADAM, Erin Vincent , single work essay (p. 40)
Two Thousand and One Nightsi"Surely it must abate soon.", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 45)
Aria From the Last Act, Meredith Jelbart , single work essay (p. 46)
Green Soul Workingi"magpie sucks air from green soul", Carl Walsh , single work poetry (p. 53)
Blood and Bone, Kim Aikman , single work essay (p. 54)
Barks of Great Artistsi"In Brazil, so I read, the Doberman pinscher is celebrated,", Michael Farrell , single work poetry (p. 59)
Journal in Augusti"In the Spielplatz, children running in circles", Petra White , single work poetry (p. 66)
Hiroshima Blooms, Gretchen Shirm , single work short story (p. 68)
The Comfort of Things Past, Meg Foster , single work essay

'I remember my first encounter with history well. I was young. I can’t quite recall my age, but I was young enough to believe myself old for having such grown up things as a white-and-pink Spice Girls backpack and matching T-shirt. Frilly lace socks were cool, Sailor Moon pigtails and buns were a fashion statement, dunkaroos were the envy of all Australian school lunch boxes and I was on holiday. As Mum ushered me and my sister into our beat-up, once-white Ford Falcon, I had no idea that we were heading far beyond our tiny Northern Beaches flat, let alone back in time.' (Introduction)

(p. 74)
Gardening at the End of the World, Hannah Ky McCann , single work autobiography (p. 82)
Here Tonighti"As far as I can see through surf-mist", Chris Andrews , single work poetry (p. 89)
The Washing Line, Michael McGirr , single work essay (p. 90)
One Day on Nauru, Chris Honnery , single work essay (p. 98)
The Argonautica I Am Re-Envisaging and Will Eventually Try to Forget, as I Should?, John Kinsella , single work essay (p. 104)
Orpheus’s Post-Creation Songi"Out of the elemental fusion", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 104)
De-Omening the Birdsi"No bird is a bird itself for all its feathers.", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 104)

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