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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... no. 137 2014 of Island est. 1990- Island
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* Contents derived from the 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Translating Culture and Comics, Joshua Santospirito , single work essay
'Craig San Roque wrote his essay 'A Long Weekend in Alice Springs' in 2003 for a book called The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society (Brunner-Routledge, 2004). In 2008 I began translating it into a 125-page graphic novel.' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 32-37)
Tasmanian Hauntings, Kerry Kilner , single work essay
'A few years ago an AustLit research project, 'The Literature of Tasmania', was undertaken at the University of Tasmania. Led by Philip Mead, now professor of Australian literature at the University of Western Australia, the research team gathered data on all forms of creative writing and the authors and subjects of those works that related to Tasmania, plugging that data into AustLit to create a rich collection of data and information. Records about Tasmanian related works now number more than 24,000.' (Publication summary)
 (p. 38-39)
Other People's Lives, Ruth Quibell , single work essay
'In the spring of 2009 I began my biography binge. The conditions were near perfect. The baby still slept during the day, and the toddler would amuse himself for hours in the sandpit. I had a month's annual leave at the end of a five-year contract, and I could afford the time to finally read Edel's Bloomsbury: A House of Lions (Penguin, 1979) outside on the grass. But why was I reading about the lives of others? What was I hoping to find?' (Publication summary)
 (p. 42-43)
Black Words, Kerry Kilner , single work criticism

'Anita Heiss's latest novel, Tiddas (Simon and Schuster, 2014), is a demonstration of the way Black Australian stories are surging through a wide variety of genres in Australian literature. The story explores friendship, family, books and the challenges and pleasures that women meet along life's pathways as culture, history, love and babies collide with the realities of modern Australia. Heiss, who has been described as inventing Aboriginal Chick Lit (or 'Chock Lit'), is a dynamic, committed writer with a social conscience. So many of the writers whose careers, lives and writing is showcased in BlackWords (the most popular project in the AustLit web resource) deal with the realities 'of living Black in Australia.' (Publication abstract)

 (p. 44-45)
How to Think like a Theatre Critic, Alison Croggon , single work essay
'At first, you mustn't think. You arrive at the place assigned for performance. It may be a theatre, it may be a shed or an underground carpark. You wait for the ritual: the lowering of the lights, the hush in the auditorium, the slight unconscious holding of breath. Something is about to begin.' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 46-47)
Vagrant Bird Bulletini"News from the bird world:", Emily Bitto , single work poetry (p. 58)
Winterspringi"Can pure cold itself sustain", Emily Bitto , single work poetry (p. 59)
Skinsuit, James Bradley , single work short story
'In the afternoon, after Superhero Squad and Young Justice are finished, Quinn goes out into the back yard. Once, when he was younger, he used to come out here all the time to play with his plastic fort. The fort is still here, standing near the barbecue, but it is ruined now, its bright blues and reds faded and streaked. Last summer his mum's boyfriend, Dean, decided to tidy up out here, but soon lost interest, leaving the rubbish he collected lying in plastic bags next to Quinn's old bike by the garage. In the six months since then they have perished and split, allowing the leaves and sticks inside to spill out and rot beside them. Crossing to them, Quinn kicks one of them gently then, seeing a stick, reaches down and pulls it free...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 60-64)
Ennui ; Charm to Cover New Groundi"With all that elegiac grace you clear a space for yourself...", Kate Middleton , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Love Is a Stranger, Tegan Bennett Daylight , single work short story
' I'd heard the boys at school say you needed to run after your first drink, to get the alcohol working. It got you drunk faster. I didn't bother with that. I was drinking brandivino, a foul, sultana-flavoured brew. I took a painful gulp of it, and watched as a possum came gripping along the wire of a telegraph pole, not knowing the death humming along beside it. Its eyes were filmed with light as it reached the safety of wood, and then it went down face first like a lizard...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 68-72)
Retreating Moodsi"The fatigue attuned to used", Luke Beesley , single work poetry (p. 73)
Case History No. 6 : Molluscular Dermatitis, Sunil Badami , single work short story
'An aging actress looks out at the view from her hotel room: a shopping centre, KFC, a discount garage; the Pacific Ocean somewhere behind it all. A city that feels too big or too small (compared to the country, compared to London). You can't get lost. Her phone makes the sound of a Bernard Herrmann score...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 74-78)
Pastorela; Christi"Swabians have eyes like potatoes. Their mothers", Tomaz Salamun , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
Too Solid Flesh, Angela Meyer , single work short story

'An aging actress looks out at the view from her hotel room: a shopping centre, KFC, a discount garage; the Pacific Ocean somewhere behind it all. A city that feels too big or too small (compared to the country, compared to London). You can't get lost. Her phone makes the sound of a Bernard Herrmann score...' (Publication abstract)

 (p. 86-92)
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