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Belinda Castles explores dramas of adjustment in two recent Australian novels; Elizabeth Chappell looks at recovering conversations from the archive; Laura Fulton focusses on place and identity through voice; Yue Shi examines Ouyang Yu’s bilingual and self-translated poetry; Imogen Smith looks at media and funding implications for the post-digital literary journal. Rebecca Harkins-Cross examines antecedents and enactments of the critical essay; Rowan Wilson and co-author Christopher Holdsworth analyse two recent novels in ecological consciousness terms; and Pierce Wilcox and co-author Helen Marshall discuss role playing games, metacognition and the creative writer.

This issue also includes new creative writing about creative writing: graphic prose by Ross Watkins; poetry by Rosemary Huisman, Richard Jame Allens, Rupert Loydell, David Thomas Henry Wright, Julia Manning and Glen Phillips; prose by Gayelene Carbis, Jane Downing, Patrick Holland, Seth Robinson, Lisa Easey, Rachel Hennessy, Zoe Karpin, Stefan Jatschka and Nigel Krauth.

In addition, Gemma Parker reviews David McCooey, Hazel Smith reviews Jesssica Luck Lewis, Andrew Leggett reviews Peter Goldsworthy, Nathan Sheperdson reviews Jill Jones, Dominique Hecq reviews Jen Webb, Stephen McInerney reviews Jakob Ziguras and Jill Jones reviews Hazel Smith.

General Editors: Julienne van Loon, Ross Watkins, Shady Cosgrove & Antonia Pont. Creative works editors: Nigel Krauth and Anthony Lawrence. Reviews editors: Aidan Coleman and Verity Oswin.

Belinda Castles explores dramas of adjustment in two recent Australian novels; Elizabeth Chappell looks at recovering conversations from the archive; Laura Fulton focusses on place and identity through voice; Yue Shi examines Ouyang Yu’s bilingual and self-translated poetry; Imogen Smith looks at media and funding implications for the post-digital literary journal. Rebecca Harkins-Cross examines antecedents and enactments of the critical essay; Rowan Wilson and co-author Christopher Holdsworth analyse two recent novels in ecological consciousness terms; and Pierce Wilcox and co-author Helen Marshall discuss role playing games, metacognition and the creative writer.

This issue also includes new creative writing about creative writing: graphic prose by Ross Watkins; poetry by Rosemary Huisman, Richard Jame Allens, Rupert Loydell, David Thomas Henry Wright, Julia Manning and Glen Phillips; prose by Gayelene Carbis, Jane Downing, Patrick Holland, Seth Robinson, Lisa Easey, Rachel Hennessy, Zoe Karpin, Stefan Jatschka and Nigel Krauth.

In addition, Gemma Parker reviews David McCooey, Hazel Smith reviews Jesssica Luck Lewis, Andrew Leggett reviews Peter Goldsworthy, Nathan Sheperdson reviews Jill Jones, Dominique Hecq reviews Jen Webb, Stephen McInerney reviews Jakob Ziguras and Jill Jones reviews Hazel Smith.

General Editors: Julienne van Loon, Ross Watkins, Shady Cosgrove & Antonia Pont. Creative works editors: Nigel Krauth and Anthony Lawrence. Reviews editors: Aidan Coleman and Verity Oswin.

Editorial
Editorial
Francesca Rendle-ShortJulienne van LoonRoss WatkinsShady CosgroveAntonia Pont
Our Vol 28 No 2 editorial includes a contribution from our newest Advisory Board member, Francesca Rendle Short, a summary of the scholarly articles in this edition, news and acknowledgements.
Scholarly articles
An unmethodical method: Contextualising the critical essay
Rebecca Harkins-Cross
This paper charts a genealogy for the critical essay, which I define as a literary essay that includes analysis of an artwork amongst its objects of inquiry.
We analyse a growing trend in Australian climate fiction, where connections between neoliberal capitalism and climate change are becoming major themes.
Scholarly articles
The post-digital literary journal: Media and funding implications
Imogen Smith
This study examines how Australian literary journal editors' use of the media affects the operations and economics of their publications and the field as a whole.
Scholarly articles
Hearing home: Exploring place and identity through voice
Laura Fulton
Creating or recreating voices through the writing of fictional letters can be a way of reconnecting with places that may have been taken from us.
  • Creative works
    TEXT Poetry and Prose October 2024
    Ross WatkinsRosemary HuismanRichard James AllenRupert LoydellDavid Thomas Henry WrightJulie ManningGlen PhillipsGayelene CarbisJane DowningPatrick HollandSeth RobinsonLisa EaseyRachel HennessyZoe KarpinStefan JatschkaNigel Krauth
    New creative writing about writing.
  • Reviews
    TEXT Reviews October 2024
    Gemma ParkerHazel SmithAndrew LeggettNathan ShepherdsonDominique HecqOwen BullockStephen McInerneyJill Jones
    We review books by David McCooey, Jessica Luck Lewis, Peter Goldsworthy, Jill Jones, Jen Webb, James Shea and Grant Caldwell (eds), Jakob Ziguras, and Hazel Smith.