Published 15 September 2022
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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.
Meanjin Papers
IS IT JUST ME?
Kate Holden
Up Front
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
Essays
AUSTRALIA IN THREE BOOKS
Dan Dixon
A TALE OF TWO COLONIES
Osman Faruqi
DYSTOPIA CREEP
Jennifer Mills
CRAWL, CRAWL, CRAWL TO DADDY
Lauren Rosewarne
RAPE IS RAPE
Jane Gilmore
53.720°N, 2.004°W
Marie O’Rourke and Daniel Juckes
‘I CATCH THE PATTERN OF YOUR SILENCE’
Chelsea Watego, David Singh, George Newhouse, Helena Kajlich and Ricky Hampson Snr
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
RIDING THE HIGH HORSE WITH DEBORAH LEVY
Anna Sublet
ANECDOTAL FICTION
Ned Hirst
DEEP WATER
Lauren Burns
Memoir
THOUGHT IS FREE
Ouyang Yu
WHEN RABBITS SCREAM
Mohammed Massoud Morsi
WILD LIFE
Alicia Gadd-Carolan
TWITCHING
James Valentine
Freya Daly Sadgrove
AGAINST HOPE
Ben Brooker
Fiction
ELEUTERIO CABRERA’S BEAUTIFUL GAME
Jordan Prosser
A LITTLE, LATE
Alex Sawyer
BEAM OF LIGHT
John Kinsella
WE HAD HER ON TOP OF US ALL THE TIME
Pip Smith
Reviews
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
