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In the September edition of Meanjin... The lead essay is a compelling piece from Kate Holden, looking at the great paradox of modern life: the many commonalities of human experience and our increasing isolation as atomised individuals... and this at a time when the most pressing, even existential, issues of the moment demand a collective response.Other essays include: Jennifer Mills on the sliding scale of literary dystopia…what's a writer of speculative fiction to do when the real world so quickly outpaces the world of dystopian imaginings?Bruce Pascoe on the lost white orchids of Melbourne.Lauren Rosewarne on the sexualisation of powerful men.Chelsea Watego on the subtext of rascism behind poor, and sometimes fatal, outcomes for Indigenous Australians in the health system.Jane Gilmore on why we talk about sexual assault when we mean rape.Plus: Jim Davidson, Osman Faruqi, Ouyang Yu, James Valentine, Mohammed Massoud Morsi and more.New fiction from: Jordan Prosser, Alex Sawyer, John Kinsella and Pip Smith. Plus reviews and poetry.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Editorial Jonathan Green
- National Accounts Amy Remeikis
- Cave Canem Lucy Sussex
- Here Lies Franklyn Hudson
- Whale Song Drew Rooke
- A Very Wise Disco Ball Kate Joy
- White Knuckles Daniel Reeders
- Shower Your Love With White Flowers Bruce Pascoe
- Australia In Three Books Dan Dixon
- A Tale Of Two Colonies Osman Faruqi
- Dystopia Creep Jennifer Mills
- Crawl, Crawl, Crawl To Daddy Lauren Rosewarne
- Thought Is Free Ouyang Yu
- Eleuterio Cabrera’S Beautiful Game Jordan Prosser
- Is It Just Me? Kate Holden
- Rape Is Rape Jane Gilmore
- 53.720°N, 2.004°W Marie O’Rourke and Daniel Juckes
- When Rabbits Scream Mohammed Massoud Morsi
- ‘I Catch The Pattern Of Your Silence’ Chelsea Watego, David Singh, George Newhouse, Helena Kajlich and Rick Hampson
- A Little, Late Alex Sawyer
- Wild Life Alicia Gadd-Carolan
- Twitching James Valentine
- Beset In Brisbane Jim Davidson
- What I’m Reading (In The Archives) Emma Sutherland
- Lessons From The Flesh Anne Rutherford
- Dating, Dying, And Digital Connection In Covid Alex Bevan
- Beam Of Light John Kinsella
- Riding The High Horse With Deborah Levy Anna Sublet
- Anecdotal Fiction Ned Hirst
- Freya Daly Sadgrove
- Deep Water Lauren Burns
- Against Hope Ben Brooker
- We Had Her On Top Of Us All The Time Pip Smith
- A Step Away From Them … Gareth Morgan
- Nostalgic Block Toby Fitch
- Ingat Mga Kapwa Lou Garcia-Dolnik
- On Banquets And Crumbs Rosalind Moran
- As Long As A Roll Of Fabric (It’s A Long Story) Nikki Lam
- Where Is Left For A Self To Go? Emily Meller
- Poetry contributors