Issue Details: First known date: 2004... vol. 8 no. 1 April 2004 of TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs est. 1997 TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Interest in the Exegesis : Background Noise or Ongoing Debate?, Nigel Krauth , Tess Brady , single work column
The Writer as Composer : The Place of Composing in New South Wales English Syllabuses, Wendy Michaels , Sue Lammert , Sue Lockwood , Karita Robinson , single work criticism
'...previous English syllabuses ...[have] embraced a conception of the subject English based firmly in the study of literary texts while ...[the] new syllabus constructs the subject English in terms of 'responding to' and 'composing' texts. This paper examines the ways in which 'composing' is constituted in the new syllabuses... ' (Authors' abstract)
Multiple and Contradictory Interpellations : or, How to Juggle Cats, Jennifer Webb , single work diary
Jennifer Webb descibes the juggling act involved in her working life.
Picturing the Story : Image and Narrative in Brian Castro and W.G. Sebald, David Sornig , single work criticism
The author looks at the 'ways in which the text and the image are being used in tandem in the practice of contemporary literary fiction' through the works of Brian Castro and the German writer W. G. Sebald.
Respectable or Risqué : Creative Writing Programs in the Marketplace, Phillip Edmonds , single work criticism

In this paper Edmonds is ' ... concerned about the integration of creative writing programs into existing community initiatives so as to maximize the best use of resources ... Ultimately, creative writing programs can only operate to their full potential alongside an expanding and vibrant publishing culture ...' Edmonds discusses the fact that the small presses and magazines of the 1970s and early 80s ' ... were the equivalent of our contemporary creative writing classes in finding and encouraging potential writers.' The differences now are in validation, from writing courses rather than magazine readers, publication formats including web-based, and ' ... a publishing climate that tries to satisfy all manner of expectations'. In this climate, Edmonds argues, ' ... are we becoming unwitting servants of an homogenising marketplace, particularly if that market has largely abrogated responsibility for the survival and promotion of endangered literary forms such as poetry and the short story, two genres we wilfully and rightly insist on preserving in our courses? What are we teaching and how does it relate to this general picture? '

Vaginal Dialectics : Mama Freud and the French Possessionistsi"My vagina wants to speak to you but your penis contains my alphabet", Jayne Fenton-Keane , single work poetry
Now for the Genetically Modified PhD, Kevin Brophy , single work review
— Review of Courageous Research 2003 anthology criticism ;
More Than a Primer?, Glen Phillips , single work review
— Review of Explorations in Creative Writing Kevin Brophy , 2003 selected work criticism prose short story essay poetry ;
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