In this issue:
Gregory O'Brien's long poem The Sky and the Sea, a meditation on identity, fate & difference
Selections from Mirage, Basil King's autobiographical meditation on same
In "The Minutes", a work in prose, Laurie Duggan marshals minute, distracted observation and a generalizing yet pithy mindset: time stands still! truths will out!
Sal Brereton (Treading Water) charts a relationship with a mother, and with origins, and slips between two or more worlds - real & imaginary Japans, real & imaginary Australias
The Lovemakers, a new verse novella from Alan Wearne partially satire, partially social documentary, part morality play
The final chapter of Jenkins & Bolton's verse novella Gwendolyn windswept - now do the tears begin?
An extended collage of moody lyricism, wistful opinion, & ill-humour, Ken Bolton's poem "August 6th".
Cover Art by Andrew Petrusevics. Plus! 8 pages from the website KONSTRUKTO.
Javant Biarujia ï Tony Towle ï Denis Gallagher ï Emma Lew ï Coral Hull ï Cath Kenneally ï Janet Charman ï Alison Denham ï Robert Furgo ï Peter Bakowski ï Josh Okrent ï Brendan Ryan ï Richard Hillman
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