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'Australian poets are leading a revival of the ancient art of the verse novel, a genre as user-friendly as movies that deserves a wider readership.' (Editor's abstract)
In the context of the imminent publication of her novel Sorry, Jones explores the challenges 'for the writer contemplating issues of justice', focussing in particular on responses to Indigenous Australia. She identifies two issues - the need for 'de-individualising' and a resistance to succumbing to melancholy.
Peter Ryan corrects an error in Frank Moorhouse's 'A Balance between Sense and Sensibility'. Moorhouse stated the W. A. Osborne was professor of English at the University of Melbourne; in fact, he was professor of Physiology.