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Volume 20 | Issue 2 Article 1

2014 Front Matter Antipodes Editors

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Recommended Citation Editors, Antipodes (2014) "Front Matter," Antipodes: Vol. 20: Iss. 2, Article 1. Available at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/antipodes/vol20/iss2/1 A North American Journal of Australian Literature The Publication of the American Association of Australian Literary Studies D ec e m b er 2 0 0 6 About the Artist

B o r n in C h in a in 1946, Fu H o n g g a in e d a c c l a im w it h h is f ir st solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery in , an honor for which many artists can wait a lifetime. Fu Hong settled in 14 years ago and has held more than 30 successful solo exhibitions around the world. During this time he has been multi-prize winner in both Australian Artist and International Artist magazines; first- and second-prize winner 2002 & 2004 respec­ tively, of the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award; exhibited 2000 Archibald Salon; and 1996 finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Fu Hong is an artist of impeccable training, arduous practice and serious dedication. His work is instantly recognizable as his style expresses a unique passion and sensitivity. Several works have been sold at auction through Christie’s in Australia. Major Collections include: China National Art Gallery, Murdoch family, Sir Charles Court, Crown Casino, Ethel Turner family, Safti Military Institute of . Private Collections in China, , , , Singapore, USA, , Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, UK, and Australia. E d it o r Antipodes Nicholas Birns A North American Jo u r n a l New School University of Australian Literatu r e The Publicayion o f the American Association of F ic t io n E d it o r Australian Literary Studies D EC EM B ER 2006 V O L U M E 20 N o . 2 Jack Bennett University of Oregon

■ P o e t r y P o e t r y E d it o r Paul Kane 116 Paul Mitchell — He Will Become a Musician Vassar College 123 Joel Magarey — Poetry 141 Jena Woodhouse — The house in Miskin Street R e v ie w s E d it o r Richard Carr 144 Jude Aquilina — Our Short Love University of -Fairbanks 145 Geoff Page — Lucky Strike 149 John Stokes — A Twice-remembered country A s s o c ia t e E d it o r 154 E. A. G leeson — Death Wish at Mungo Paul Plisiewicz University of South Carolina 162 John Foulcher — The Man Dancing 163 Brendan Ryait — A Tight Circle Essays, general correspondence: 173 Louise Crisp — Flame Nicholas Birns 174 Petra White — Southbank 205 East Tenth Street New York, NY 10003-7634 192 Michael Sariban — Tarzan in Oz email

Poetry Manuscripts ■ F ic t io n Paul Kane Amanda Maxwell — Spa Town Department of English 124 Box 299 Vassar College 146 Rosemary Allan — Into the Light Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 193 Patrick West — N hill email

Fiction Manuscripts Jack Bennett ■ E s s a y s 3285 Lincoln Street 108 John Eustace — Going Bush: Performing the Pastoral in Eugene, OR 97405 Peter Carey’s Bliss email 117 Antje Rauwerda — Multi-Nationality and Layers of Mouse in Books for review/reviewing Peter Carey’s The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith Richard Carr 127 Jonathan Highfield — Suckling from the Crocodile’s Tit: Wildlife and Department of English Nation Formation in Australian Narratives University of Alaska-Fairbanks 150 Donald Pulford — The History Wars and Holy Day (The Red Sea): 850 Gruening Andrew Bovell’s Dramatic Black Armband P.O. Box 755720 155 Gary Clark — The Two Threads of Life: Judith Wright, the Fairbanks, AK 99775 Environment and Aboriginality email 164 John Beston — Willa Cather and Patrick White Subscriptions 169 Mary Ann Rygiel — Belgian Settings and Colonialism in Paul Plisiewicz Conrad and Malouf 211 Main St., #205 Columbia, SC 29201 email (c e l t )

Conference of Editors ot Learned Journals

Antipodes ❖ 105 Essays, c o n t’d 177 Emily Potter — Andrew McGahan’s The White and the Ecological Poetics of Memory 183 Michael Mack — Market Economy and the Abolition of Singularity in Elliot Perlman’s Seven Types of Ambiguity Editorial Advisory Board 197 Stephen Oliver — Voice Over: The Vocal Art of Subterfuge

Carolyn Bliss (C hair) ■ D e p a r t m e n t s

Marian Arkin (CUNY) COVER A r t — Fu Hong, Michael the Watch-Maker Richard Carr (Alaska) (oil on canvas, 138 x 101 cm) Donna Coates (Calgary) 142 INTERVIEW — An Interview with Fu Hong, Ouyang Yu H.W. Fawkner (Stockholm) Kevin Hart (Notre Dame) 182 2006 Australian Literary Awards Jackie Huggins (Queensland) 215 Bibliography of Australian Literature and Criticism Published Herbert Jaffa (NYU) in North America— 2005, Faye Christenberry Christopher Lee (USQ) David McCooey (Deakin) Mark Pirie () ■ ______B o o k R e v ie w s

Imre Salusinszky (Sydney) ■ F ic t io n Elaine Savory (Eugene Lang College) 201 Kate Grenville, The Secret River — Richard Carr Kay Schaffer (Adelaide) Susan Schultz (Hawai’i) 202 Gail Jones, Dreams of Speaking— Katherine Mulcrone Elizabeth Webby (Sydney) 203 A . L. M cC ann, Subtopia — Nathanael O’Reilly Adi Wimmer (Klagenfurt) 204 Roger McDonald, The Ballad of Desmond Kale — Seth Myers Zhu Jiong-Qiang (Zhejiang) 205 Peter Kocan, Fresh Fields — Steve Goerger 206 Marion May Campbell, The Shadow Thief — Nicholas Birns Founding Editor: 207 Celestine Hitiura Vaite, Frangipani — AnnaMarie Christiansen 208 Margo Lanagan, black juice — Joseph Moses Robert Ross

■ P o e t r y 2 0 8 B. R. Dionysius, Universal — Michael Sariban A ll essays and interviews 209 John Tranter, Urban Myths: 201 Poems, N ew and Selected — Kevin Peters published in Antipodes are fully refereed. ■ C r e a t iv e N o n f ic t io n 210 Michael Wilding, Wild Amazement — Don Graham

■ L it e r a r y C r it ic ism 211 Bruce Bennett, Homing In: Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood — Pradeep Trikha

■ A b o r i g in a l S t u d ie s 212 Katrina M. Schlunke, Bluff Rock: Autobiography of a Massacre — Eve Lam born 213 John Muk Muk Burke and Martin Langford, eds., Ngara: Living in This Place N ow — Marilyn Strelau

■ S o c ia l H ist o r y 214 John Mateer, Semar’s Cave: An Indonesian Journal — Nicholas Birns

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