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Alternative title: Meanjin Australian Open
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... vol. 61 no. 3 2002 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Meanjin Press ,University of Melbourne. Australian Centre , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Concrete Poemi"The beginning of duration", Kate Fagan , single work poetry (p. 1)
Australian Open / A Long Day Closes, Ian Britain , single work column (p. 2-3)
Faith , Hope and Charity, Philomena Van Rijswijk , single work short story

The narrator relates his childhood with his oldest sister, Dawn, who has Down syndrome. He describes how after Dawn - at their mother's insistence - underwent a surgery to remove her uterus, they went on a beach holiday. Dawn and the narrator, out from under their mother's thumb for once, learn to fish with the help of Captain Hodge, who Dawn falls in love with. When the holiday is over, Captain Hodge asks the narrator for help; the narrator gives Dawn the message that Captain Hodge is married and so cannot marry her. Now a middle-aged man with his own family, the narrator remembers that what he told Dawn was a lie.

(p. 19-27)
Gentlemen Start Your Nailguns, Carmel Bird , single work essay (p. 28-32)
Many Mansions, Andrew Montana , single work review
— Review of The Boyds : A Family Biography Brenda Niall , 2002 single work biography ;
(p. 33-40)
Burke's Backyard: Or, Just Good Friends, John Thompson , single work review
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 1 Donald Friend , 2001 selected work diary ;
(p. 42-52)
Editors at Large, Craig Munro , single work review
— Review of A Certain Style : Beatrice Davis, A Literary Life Jacqueline Kent , 2001 single work biography ; Other People's Words Hilary McPhee , 2001 single work autobiography ;
(p. 53-61)
Such is Gossip, Marion Halligan , single work essay (p. 62-69)
Remembrance Day in Coles on Georgei"I was riding the escalator", Jennifer Compton , single work poetry (p. 70)
Sore Throati"the 'good idea' gargles in the throat", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 70)
The Savagery of Instincti"As the smog lifts slowly", Dipti Saravanamuttu , single work poetry (p. 71)
A Map of Mears, Emma Sorensen (interviewer), single work interview (p. 72-80)
Landscapes of Memory, Alistair Thomson , single work criticism (p. 81-96)
Shame and Slaughter, Rosamund Dalziell , single work criticism (p. 97-105)
More Fugitive Poems by John Heywood: Swampi"The bores have reticulated", John Heywood , single work poetry (p. 106)
More Fugitive Poems by John Heywood: Firetoweri"You stare at your feet and break", John Heywood , single work poetry (p. 107)
Isolation, Rosalie Ham , single work short story

'Everybody said she did it because Lloyd said no when she asked for lunch money. That’s partly true. Tess asked him just before he went to the pub. I heard her. She said, ‘What about lunch money for tomorrow?’ What the people in the town didn’t mention, though, was everything else, and they didn’t mention everything else because they would have suspected something all along, but did nothing.' (Introduction)

(p. 108-113)
Two Plays, One Nation, Donald Pulford , single work criticism (p. 121-127)
A New Creation, Jane Routley , single work short story (p. 139-142)
Unconscious & Herbali"Ah yes, the incorrigible deep.", Chris Edwards , single work poetry (p. 162)

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Works about this Work

Literary Criticism Ben Ball , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 7 March no. 5214 2003; (p. 24-25)
Reviews the first five issues of Meanjin under the editorship of Ian Britain - Vol, 60.4 (2001) - Vol. 61.4.(2002)
Soft Covers Cameron Woodhead , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 September 2002; (p. 8)

— Review of Meanjin vol. 61 no. 3 2002 periodical issue
Soft Covers Cameron Woodhead , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 September 2002; (p. 8)

— Review of Meanjin vol. 61 no. 3 2002 periodical issue
Literary Criticism Ben Ball , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 7 March no. 5214 2003; (p. 24-25)
Reviews the first five issues of Meanjin under the editorship of Ian Britain - Vol, 60.4 (2001) - Vol. 61.4.(2002)
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