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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... no. 136 2014 of Island est. 1990- Island
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ecce Homo: An Interview with Christos Tsiolkas, Andrew Harper , single work interview (p. 24-30)
Fighting Words, Jarrod Boyle , single work essay
'There are two things I am driven to do: write and fight. My mother taught me to read. One of my first memories is watching her reading in bed without having to sound the words aloud. I remember wondering, how does she do that? My mother had left school at sixteen, but she was a great reader. And she read everything.' (Publication summary)
 (p. 42-43)
The Art of Being a Successful Audience, Rod Anderson , single work essay

'It is said that Oscar Wilde was entering his club one evening after witnessing a less than scintillating night at one of his own plays. 'Oscar, how was the play?' asked one of his friends. 'The play was a great success,' Wilde replied, 'but the audience was a complete failure!'' (Publication summary)

 (p. 46-47)
Curating Cole, Michael Brady , single work essay

'One of my earliest memories is of looking through the pages of Cole's Funny Picture Book. It was the 1979 edition marking the 100th anniversary of a much-loved family classic, reputed to have sold more than a million copies via its many reprints, editions and updates over a century. My parents, grandparents, greatand even great-great-grandparents may well have had a copy of this book. When I received mine, I was a young boy living in rural Tasmania with no concept of the world outside. Cole's Funny Picture Book, with its fantastic illustrations and worldly wisdom, opened my eyes to a dizzying combination of fantasy and reality in a black hardcover package. The front cover was adorned with interlinked rainbows and a promise to 'delight the children and make home happier': it may not have made my broken home happier, but it certainly delighted and inspired me like little else.' (Publication summary)

 (p. 49-51)
A Mercurial Man, Jessica White , single work short story (p. 58-62)
Dry Clean, Ashley Hay , single work short story
'He was the only person who thought there was something grand about the art of dry-cleaning. His wife, Elizabeth, his four noisy sons - so big now - and the noisy children they'd produced; he knew how they felt about the work he did, something between disinterest and embarrassment. His children had 'professions', Elizabeth boasted to her friends. Dry-cleaning, the work that underwrote their home, their lives; he suspected they were slightly ashamed of that. It was something that smacked of service...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 65-69)
The Lost Podcast, Laurie Steed , single work short story
' 'This is the New Yorker's Fiction Podcast. I'm Deborah Treisman, fiction editor. Each month we invite a writer to choose a story from the magazine's archives to read and discuss. This month, Edgar Bloom, whose fiction has appeared in the magazine since 1986, has chosen "A.C.A.", by his son, Simon. The story was published in the magazine in 2008. He joins us from Blue Haven, in New South Wales. Hi, Edgar.'...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 70-74)
Three Meetings, Colin Oehring , single work short story
' I was leaving the gift shop, clutching my Monet fridge magnet, when I saw him again. Standing there, gazing contemplatively at the installation which dominated the NGV foyer - a shallow pool, lined with a lurid blue PVC, in which floated white porcelain bowls - was Tomas. I was startled, surprised - all that; but not for a moment did I doubt that it was Tomas I was seeing - older, yes, and greyer, too, but Tomas, indisputably. Ponytail, slender face, cheekbones - all intact, all of it as I remembered...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 81-86)
Blackbirds En Massei"Haute cuisine has always had its tricks", Chloe Wilson , single work poetry (p. 88-89)
Time Triali"in skin-tight onesie, my body is what it is", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 90)
Le Medecini"does your doctor make house calls?", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 90)
Ascendi"and then it gets tough", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 90)
Tour de France, Jan Sullivan , sequence poetry (p. 90-91)
My Pelotoni"I left home to push into le Mistrale, scale the Pyrenees", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 91)
Descendi"and you thought it was hard, the climb", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 91)
Where Did That Come Fromi"and it will never return to the unsaid", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 91)
D'accordi"I wear the maillot jaune for you", Jan Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 91)
The Rabbit Proof Sonneti"Fourteen clunky lines make a sort of endless fence", John Jenkins , single work poetry (p. 92-93)
Looping Outi"set of keys again path front door new breaking sun", John Jenkins , single work poetry (p. 94)
Looping Upi"you idle in top gear raving thoughts do burnouts drift at speed", John Jenkins , single work poetry (p. 94)
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