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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 of Meanjin Online est. 2009 Meanjin Online
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2022 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Funeral, Jennifer Mills , single work short story
Piscine Epiphanies, James Walton , single work essay
The Child in Me, Na'ama Carlin , single work autobiography
Exposure, Alexander Wells , single work
A Steady Gamble, Alice Bishop , single work autobiography
On Getting a Diagnosis, Andrew Sant , single work essay

'For more than two years now I have been receiving welcome phone calls from a woman, whom I barely know, with an attractive voice. After some polite preliminaries, she asks me a lot of personal, anatomical questions—the sort one’s partner would likely also be able to answer for her. My responses to her enquiries are in no way shielded; in fact, I have been unabashedly open with her. We have a few laughs. No longer. These quarterly exchanges have now come to an end. Though I could take some comfort in knowing she’ll give me another pre-arranged call in about a distant six months’ time, as is the routine.'  (Introduction)
Relaxation Techniques at the Adelphi Hotel, Dominic Gordon , single work autobiography
On Grieving the Blue of the Sky, Gemma Carey , single work autobiography
Frieze Framei"In summer on the hallway wall", Stephen Edgar , single work poetry
Teenage Relapse, Anna Black , single work poetry
Aubadei"This image, on waking", Adam Aitken , single work poetry
First Sightingi"When we set out the nets, my father would say ‘Every second counts.’", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Peachesi"I could never be in a relationship", Ashleigh Synnott , single work poetry
Plagiarism and the Muddle Between Words, Elisabeth Hanscombe , single work essay
Note: Published 14 June 2022.
Australia in Three Books : Maks Sipowicz, Maks Sipowicz , single work review
— Review of Kenneth Slessor Selected Poems Kenneth Slessor , 2014 selected work poetry ; Horse Ania Walwicz , 2018 single work prose ; Dropbear Evelyn Araluen , 2021 selected work poetry essay ;
Moving on U.P.P., Michael Winkler , single work essay

'In 'Ars Poetica', written around 19 BCE, Horace postulated 'ut pictura poesis'. This formulation, abbreviated by scholars as u.p.p., has been chewed over in the intervening two millennia. Horace's dictum translates to 'as is painting so is poetry'. U.p.p. was a restatement of the claim by Simonides of Ceos that 'poema pictura loquens, pictura poema silens' (poetry is a speaking picture, painting a silent poetry), but with the order of artforms reversed.' (Publication abstract)
Adventures in the New Sobriety, Yves Rees , single work essay
'Melbourne had just emerged from its fifth lockdown and the bar was packed. A little after six on a drizzly Saturday eve, every table was occupied by punters perusing the leatherbound drinks list and shouting questions over the din. The decor was bordello chic, all velvet sofas, gilded mirrors and midnight-blue walls. Tasselled lamps adorned the bar and bird cages swung from the ceiling. Wait staff carried trays of negronis, 18 bucks a pop. The clientele skewed young and female. Around the biggest tables clustered twentysomething white women, dressed up for a big night out to cast off the lockdown blues. They had the expensive hair, perfect makeup and slight hauteur of cool girls worldwide. As night fell, they drank round after round of drinks poured from the backlit bottles that lined the bar. It was 'Sex and the City' meets hipster Melbourne. Except in one crucial respect, it wasn't. Despite appearances, there was no alcohol in this scene. The beer, the wine, the cocktails-all devoid of grog. The bar was Brunswick Aces, Australia's first alcohol-free watering hole, and every carousing patron was sober as a judge.' (Introduction)
Weathering, Tethering, Transforming : The Overstory and Writing the Future, Catherine McKinnon , single work essay
Stepping Back into the Past, Jenny Sinclair , single work essay

'Browsing through my local bookstore, I came across a book of literary locations: a guide to the places and spaces where classic and much-loved novels have been set. The idea, I think, was that the book could function as a tour guide, armchair or otherwise. Love Wuthering Heights? Then take a look at the Yorkshire Moors. And so on.' (Introduction)
Glossatalgia : Meditations on the Grief of Loss of Language, Poetry and Memory, Subhash Jaireth , single work criticism
'In September 2016 I was asked to translate into Hindi Charmaine Papertalk Green's poem 'Nhananggu Yagu'. Can you do it in three days? I was asked. I'll try, I said and finished the work in time. The translation was published a month later by Cordite Poetry in an online anthology of Dalit-Indigenous Australian poetry curated by Mridula Nath Chakraborty and Kent MacCarter.' 

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