What myths about the past prevail? How does the past inform our present? And how do writers contextualise their work in time? In Sharlene Allsopp’s essay Glitter and Guts the author butts up against the erasure of Aboriginal ANZACs, while Winnie Dunn’s story Sissies and Bros time-travels to an adolescent’s shift at a pizza shop, firmly planting the story in place and time with cultural references and language. Join these Griffith Review contributors as they explore their works in recent editions of the journal, in conversation with editor Carody Culver.