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* Contents derived from the 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

`On Water Stranger and Less Clear': Conceptions of Time and Death in the Work of Kenneth Slessor, Dennis Haskell , single work criticism (p. 5-20)

Waters"This Water, like a sky that no one uses,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 14)

Five Bells and the Milkman's Bills : The Slessor Archive in the National Library of Australia, single work criticism (p. 21-22)

The Irradiated Poem"It has been exposed to safe bombardment", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 40-41)

Verb Sap"Nothing they say of this", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 42)

Driving to the Beach House"I loved the getting there of it,", Rod Moran , single work poetry (p. 43)

Final Stretches"I am breezing into pure New England", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 44-45)

The Glorious Age"The schoolroom is on stilts, and you can sometimes feel a breeze stroke your legs, wafting up through", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 46)

On the Day that the Federal Treasurer First Yielded to the Dread Word `Recession'"The elderly maggie I was feeding with dog-food", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 47)

One Day Wonders, or: Channel Flannel Revisited"I watch the watchers now and not the game,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 48-49)

The Dragon"It was almost not born.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 50)

Lost, Stolen or Strayed: From the Australian Babes in the Woods to Azaria Chamberlain, Robert Holden , single work criticism (p. 58-69)

A Man of Promise, Alison Lyssa , single work short story (p. 72-76)

Rent Day, Ruth Cullen , single work short story (p. 77-79)

Vale Professor Appleton, Marion Halligan , single work short story (p. 79-88)

Names, Initials and Anonymity, Nicholas Hasluck , single work review
— Review of Velvet Waters Gerald Murnane , 1990 selected work short story ; Longleg Glenda Adams , 1990 single work novel ; Family Lore Gerard Windsor , 1990 single work autobiography ; JF Was Here Nigel Krauth , 1990 single work novel ; (p. 90-94)

A Shilling Life will Give You All the Facts, Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work review
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : A Biography Geoffrey Dutton , 1991 single work biography ; (p. 95-97)

These Words Torn from Their Dialogue: Reading John A. Scott, Kevin Hart , single work review
— Review of Translation John Scott , 1990 selected work poetry ; (p. 97-101)

Little Gwendoline Was Not Quite Like Other Girls, Peter Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of Blessed City : The Letters of Gwen Harwood to Thomas Riddell, January to September 1943 Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work correspondence ; (p. 101-102)

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Good Mixture Featuring Canberrans Lee Eeles , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review ; Voices vol. 1 no. 1 Autumn 1991 periodical issue ; The Phoenix Review no. 6 Spring/Summer 1990 periodical issue ; Scripsi vol. 6 no. 3 1990 periodical issue