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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... vol. 8 no. 10 February 1989 of The Age Monthly Review est. 1981-1990 The Age Monthly Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lost Child, Peter Pierce , single work review
— Review of Forty-Seventeen 1988 selected work short story ; (p. 3-5)
Snails Bay Meditations (for Judith Beveridge) : 3 : Destinyi"A great sun with a solar system,", Chris Mooney-Singh , single work poetry (p. 5)
Snails Bay Meditations (for Judith Beveridge) : 2 : After Cicadasi"Where does the stillness flood in from", Chris Mooney-Singh , single work poetry (p. 5)
Snails Bay Meditations (for Judith Beveridge) : 1 : Consider the Crab-Applei"Considering the crab-apple", Chris Mooney-Singh , single work poetry (p. 5)
Necessary Idiocy and the Idea of Freedom, Brian Castro , single work criticism biography

I would like to tell you a simple story. This story comes to me by way of Robert Bly, the American poet. Writers, he says, need to preserve their frogskins. Frog-skins, not foreskins; though writing can be something of a circumcision when forced into categories — some-thing between public ritual and private pain. To counteract this phallocentrism let me offer you the metaphor of writing as woman, not only as the re-pressed, but as the source. (Introduction)

 (p. 5-7)
Pensive Seductions, Yvonne Rousseau , single work review
— Review of The Trust Jennifer Maiden , 1988 selected work poetry ; Redshift / Blueshift Chris Mansell , 1988 selected work poetry ; Labour Ward Jennifer Strauss , 1988 selected work poetry ; (p. 7-9)
The Problem of Naivete, Chris Mansell , single work prose (p. 13)
And Dogs Six Feet Underi"cats in short dresses", Julie Gleaves , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Wind Debates Asian Immigrationi"Skipping along the footpath", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 18)
Imagining the Inappropriatei"Not exactly difficult after a day", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 18)
Learning to See Thingsi"Learning to see things again,", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 19)
True Confessionsi"Unversed in Latin,", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 19)
On Canine Certaintyi"Panting in the heat,", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 19)
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