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Antipodes Volume 18 | Issue 2 Article 1 2004 Front Matter Antipodes Editors Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/antipodes Recommended Citation Editors, Antipodes (2004) "Front Matter," Antipodes: Vol. 18: Iss. 2, Article 1. Available at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/antipodes/vol18/iss2/1 I A North American Journal of Australian Literature “s^ Ih e Publication of the American Association of Australian Literary Studies D ecember 2004 : E d it o r Nicholas Birns New School University o f A u s tra lia n Litera t u r e f The Publication of the Fiction Editor Australian Literary Studies DECEMBER 2004 VOLUME 18 N o . 2 J. A. W ainwright Dalhousie University ■ P o e t r y Poetry Editor 103 Janet Reinhardt — Scrap Book Paul Kane 104 Peter Bakowski — A Letter from Baghdad to Melbourne, 1 June 2004 Vassar College 122 Meg McNena — Say It Begins with S Reviews Editor 123 Kathryn Lomer — A List of Things To Do This Winter Richard Carr 128 Maria Takolander — Nose Bleed University of Alaska—Fairbanks 129 Craig Sherborne — Journo 129 Lisa Gorton — Petrol Associate Editor Paul Plisiewicz 135 Mike Ladd — The Barrier Highway University of South Carolina 152 Andrew Leggett — Gift 162 Kevin Hart — Finland Essays, general correspondence: 170 Lorraine McGuigan — Grass Nicholas Birns 205 East Tenth Street 173 Louise Oxley — Division New York, NY 10003-7634 email <[email protected]> ■ F i c t i o n Poetry Manuscripts 124 Sylvia Kelso — Slick Paul Kane 136 Mike Ladd — The Silvered Mirror Department of English Box 299 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 ■ E s s a y s email <[email protected]> 97 Robert Ross — Remembering Thea Astley (1926-2004) Fiction Manuscripts 105 Penny Jones — A Pint-sized Cliff Hardy: Dorothy Porter and the Niche ]. 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