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Statement on Meanjin
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) announced today that Meanjin will cease publication after its final issue ...

Well Past Milking Hour
Patrick Eades
On the first day after the cows disappear, I swing both feet onto the earth ...

The Book of Empirical Observations
Amanda Hildebrandt
I took a shower that first night because the bathtub was filled with packing peanuts ...

Eel feelings
Finley Japp
Webster’s argument in The Slip is that the forces of grief and desire are irremediably ...
Essays

‘We shall all have to live with this’: the Canberra press gallery and the Dismissal
Tom McIlroy
Spring 2025, Spring 2025
OUT NOW! Essays that Changed Australia: Meanjin 1940 to today.
Fiction
Memoir
Poetry
Books

Not like the others: on power, pedagogical relationships and being special
Samantha Floreani
Spring 2025, Spring 2025
Experiments

Live Laugh Decolonise
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra with Chelsea Watego, BADASSMUTHA, Nima Doostkah, Rivermouth
The Year In…
What I’m Reading
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