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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... vol. 40 no. 4 Summer 1981 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
How I Became a Teenage Leavisite and Lived to Tell the Tale, John Docker , single work criticism (p. 411-422)
At the Criterioni"I don't go to the pub much any more --", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 423-424)
The Letteri"Susan thought that she'd forgotten", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 424-425)
Reversal Processi"I think the instructor's pointing", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 425-426)
John Tranter, Jim Davidson , single work criticism biography (p. 427-441)
The Great Arts-Funding Debate : Jim Davidson, Jim Davidson , single work criticism (p. 456-460)
The Digi"They'd nested three coffins", Joyce Lee , single work poetry (p. 460)
And the Darkness Complete, Tim Winton , single work short story

'If I roll over I can see the shore where the old quarantine station still stands. Once, men dragged whales up that granite shore and cut them up and boiled them and left their skeletons to rot in the shallows. I speared fish here as a boy.'  (Introduction)

 (p. 468-471)
Verbsi"A city is a verb, as a cloud is", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 491)
Boarderi"It was always the same,", Anthony London , single work poetry (p. 494)
The Witchi"I was sorting herbs when I heard the window", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 495)
Supplicationi"Oh, so you've seen Deep Throat", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 496)
Dead-Line for Dadi"that woman's here again; 'it's so sad", Eric Beach , single work poetry (p. 497)
Performing Angelsi"When the vestibule's all light", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 498-499)
Hannibal on the Alpsi"Tonight, it's quiet. Exhausted my men sleep", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 499)
Intimations of Secular Grace, Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work review
— Review of Selected Poems David Malouf , 1981 selected work poetry ; (p. 500-506)
Some Reflections on Contemporary Poetry Criticism, Michael Sharkey , single work criticism (p. 507-514)
The Absolute Truth, So Help Me God, John Clanchy , single work short story (p. 515-521)
Finding Their Range : Some Recent Australian Novels, Peter Pierce , single work review
— Review of Turtle Beach Blanche d'Alpuget , 1981 single work novel ; Bliss Peter Carey , 1981 single work novel ; Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel David Ireland , 1981 single work novel ; Moonlite David Foster , 1981 single work novel ; Monkeys in the Dark Blanche d'Alpuget , 1980 single work novel ; (p. 522-525)
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