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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... no. 169 2023 of Island est. 1990- Island
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'Island’s long, rich history and the legacy of its previous editors are at my shoulder as I send this, my first issue as Managing Editor, to print. Hundreds of hopeful writers submit to every issue of Island but there is space for only a handful in the magazine. As outgoing Nonfiction Editor Anna-Spargo Ryan says, the ones you read here are the ones that set us alight; the ‘rare and rich treasures ... that can speak of this moment’ (thank you, Judith Abell). This is Australia thinking about how colonialism plays out here and abroad, about past and future bushfires, about safety and bravery, about today’s children and the world they’ll grow up in. All of it is about why words matter, about why literature matters, about how we imagine and change the world through writing and storytelling. Thank you to everyone who offered us your work, and thank you for reading.' (Editorial introduction)

— Jane Rawson, Managing Editor

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  • Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed.  

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Quiet at Schooli"Desire pangs in an antelope with a hardened back", Dorothy Lune , single work poetry (p. 5)
A Major Theft, Emma Rosetta , single work short story (p. 6-12)
Hidden Histories (& Acts of Disappearance), Darby Jones , single work prose (p. 14-18)
Lullabyi"Sleep, small plum. Keep breathing", Debbie Lim , single work poetry (p. 19)
Birdhouse, Annie Zhang , single work short story (p. 20-23)
Fox Shadowi"In the clumps of dark trees near street-", Sam Morley , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Perfect Human, Niki Banados , single work graphic novel (p. 25-32)
Throwing Stonesi"The sky / full of omens", Eileen Chong , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Last Ever Comic to Be Published in a Literary Magazine...Ever, Joshua Santospirito , single work graphic novel (p. 34-37)
Ringstrakedi"benthic sky black-blue", Lucas Smith , single work poetry (p. 44)
Registersi"the dirt settles down", Paul Magee , single work poetry (p. 45)
Airtight, Andrew Roff , single work short story (p. 54-59)
[Perhaps It Is like the Woman Who]i"Perhaps it is like the woman who", D. Frederick Thomas , single work poetry (p. 60)
Walking with the Poeti"We came to the jetty at dusk to watch the stingrays glide", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 61)
The Ommaya Embankmenti"From the sombre western bank of the Sumidagawa", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 62)
To Call the Dogs, Tim Loveday , single work prose (p. 63-69)
The Thermonauts, Kristian Olesen , single work short story (p. 72-75)
Airbornei"small talk makes a U-turn", Jane Williams , single work poetry (p. 78)
Touch Free Washi"An un-beautiful place looked at differently, luminant in neon and the feeling", Stephanie Powell , single work poetry (p. 79)
In the Valley, Caitlin Maling , single work essay (p. 86-93)

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