y separately published work icon Meanjin : Fine Writing and Provocative Ideas periodical issue  
Alternative title: Under Construction
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... vol. 60 no. 1 2001 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin : Fine Writing and Provocative Ideas
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Au Revoir, Peter Porteri"And yes, there seems to be a point", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 6)
Vesseli"Three a.m. and a skin of silence descends.", Paola Bilbrough , single work poetry (p. 7)
Erosioni"Throat locked against joy she wore", Paola Bilbrough , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Aprili"Against a grey sky thought appears differently", Kate Fagan , single work poetry (p. 10)
Augusti"Emptying over a balcony, slow light recalls the loss of", Kate Fagan , single work poetry (p. 11)
Homecoming Withi"I took him with me on my first trip back to Saigon", Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng , single work poetry (p. 12)
Remembering Dehlie [sic], Subhash Jaireth , single work prose (p. 13-22)
Shadows of a Living City, Christopher Deere , single work prose (p. 23-28)
Three Extracts from The City, the Dream (from a Work in Progress), Barbara Brooks , extract (p. 29-31)
Vietnam : A Psychic Guide, Chi Vu , single work short story
In 2000, Chi was awarded an Asialink writer's residency to Vietnam where she wrote 'Vietnam: a Psychic Guide'. In 2003, this text was adapted under the direction of Sandra Long into a bilingual cross-disciplinary performance, performed at the North Melbourne Arts House.
 (p. 34-47)
Thirst Lands, Nikki Gemmell , single work short story (p. 48-57)
Revelations, Carole Johnson , single work short story (p. 58-65)
Wanting Convictioni"Looked upwards at", Greg McLaren , single work poetry (p. 68)
Mutilation Street : On Legs, Teeth and Foreign Tongues (from a Work in Progress), Abbas El-Zein , extract (p. 69-79)
Golemi"Through the renal light of those late afternoons, among dottery", Richard Reeve , single work poetry (p. 80-82)
Sissy Girl, Melissa Lucashenko , single work short story

'The best thing that's happened to me lately is how I'm startin ta feel sorry for whitefellas. You probably think that's pretty funny, eh. Seeing as I'm the one what's locked up, and youse ". well. I dunno where youse are. School. maybe. Home. Whatever. Not jail, that's for sure. They don't call it jail. They call it juvenile detention. but you believe that ya wanna look at that window la. See that steel mesh welded on? Try opening that window on a hot arvo in January. Its jail, orright.'  (Introduction)

 (p. 100-103)
Making Spaces, Writing Places, Paula Whitman (editor), sequence prose (p. 109-133)
Colloquium Notes, Paula Whitman , single work prose
Introductory notes, by convenor Paula Whitman, to pieces presented at a one-day colloquim held at the School of Design and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2000.
 (p. 110-112)
Writers in the Architecture, Mary-Rose MacColl , single work prose (p. 113-116)
Gabba, John Harms , single work prose autobiography (p. 117-120)
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