Edition 6: Our Global Face
Australia is a country of immigrants, but a million Australians live abroad. They still call Australia home, but in the global village notions of belonging and place have changed – the stunning new writing in this issue bursts with new insights into what it means to be Australian today. Writers explore how they move between countries and worlds, belonging, adjusting and moving on.
Writers include:
Desmond O'Grady, Gillian Bouras, Patrick McCaughey, Brian Castro,
Jay Verney, Anna Haebich, Meera Atkinson, Creed O'Hanlon,
Peter Skyznecki, Arnold Zable, Thomas Shapcott, Susan Varga,
Tony Maniaty, Melissa Lucashenko, Ghassan Hage, Graeme Hugo,
Peter Doherty, Anne McGregor, Daniel Flitton, Fiona Paisley,
Macgregor Duncan, Andrew Leigh, David Madden, Peter Tynan
and Georgina Costello.
Contents
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Introduction
( 1 )
- Coming and going in the global village (Edition introduction) Julianne Schultz
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Essay
( 6 )
- Ithaca: Home Nigel Krauth
- Globalisation, Kimberley style Melissa Lucashenko
- Caesura Brian Castro
- Beyond exile Christine Zorzi
- A long way back - reflections of a genealogical tourist Anna Haebich
- The third and fourth countries Catherine Cole
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Review
( 3 )
- Tarnished dreams of new beginnings Daniel Flitton
- Into self-imposed exile Fiona Paisley
- Under the global olive tree Ghassan Hage
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Policy
( 4 )
- Calling Australia home Graeme Hugo
- Imagining an international Australia Andrew Leigh
- Community despite geography Anne MacGregor
- Women who have and have not Georgina Costello
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Memoir
( 12 )
- The Greek in me Tony Maniaty
- Antipodeans in America: a cautionary tale Patrick McCaughey
- Reflection Jane Camens
- Beating the tyrant distance Peter Doherty
- Not a homecoming Creed O'Hanlon
- Prodigal daughter Marian Edmunds
- Sensual degrees of separation Jay Verney
- Two wives in Krakow and a house in Treptow Peter Skrzynecki
- The gift of tongues Susan Varga
- Small stories of the planet Sudip Sen
- At home in both places Desmond O'Grady
- Like mother, like son Gillian Bouras
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Fiction
( 4 )
- Invisible moon Meera Atkinson
- Dinner with my brother Natasha Cho
- Refuge Thomas Shapcott
- A boat called Brotherly Love Arnold Zable