Meanjin

Vol 69, No. 2

Sophie Cunningham (Ed.)

Features new writing by Katherine Wilson, Mick Harvey, Guy Rundle, Angela Mirabito, and more.

About this Title

In the June edition of Meanjin Michael Ackland discusses Whaling, Katherine Wilson gives us the lowdown on Steampunk, Tanya McIntyre and Mick Harvey show us Melbourne's Seventies Punk scene, Guy Rundle considers the State as a cultural institution and Sophie Cunningham interviews Graeme Blundell about reviewing, writing, and being naked. Michael Green brings to life the painful but constructive dialogue that is taking place between coal workers and Greens in the Latrobe valley, Ann Meyers takes a tough look at her 'art of losing babies', Ellie Mundie writes on the Walter Burley Griffin Willoughby Incinerator, Hilary Glow and Stella Minahan evoke an arts rescue fantasy, Richard King considers C.P. Snow's lecture 'The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution' fifty years after its presentation, Helen Walpole investigates the science of sleeping and Kate Crawford considers the digital noise that surrounds us. Robert Cook and Oslo Davis collaborate graphically and autobiographically, Angela Mirabito writes a tale of two Melbourne Parks, Rachel Buchanan begins to understand her rapping brothers,'da xxxclusiv brevrin', Lawrie Zion talks Melbourne weather, Chris Wormsley talks about place, Clare Wright and Alex McDermott talk about Ned Kelly's sex life, Meera Atkinson finds herself waiting and Sherman Young writes this issue's Meanland essay on the future of the book. It includes Fiction by Karina Barker, Chris Flynn, Zoe Dattner, Kay Rozynski, David McLare, Ruby Murray's Allan Marshall Short Story Prize Winner as well as the final extract of Caroline Lee's novel, 'Stripped'.

About the Author

Sophie Cunningham has been an editor and publisher for over 16 years. Working for well-known publishing companies such as McPhee Gribble/Penguin and Allen & Unwin, she has worked with prominent Australian writers including Tim Winton, Dorothy Hewett, Richard Flanagan and Luke Davies. Cunningham has also held positions as a Creative Writing lecturer and tutor and has been a mentor to young and emerging Australian writers. Her first novel, Geography was published in 2004. Her second, Bird, was published in June 2008.

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