Westerly 29:4

Contents:

Essay

Kenneth McPherson Cultural Exchange in the Indian Ocean Region
Frank Broeze Indian Seafarers in the Modern Times
Lloyd Fernando Re-Defining the Self in South-East Asia
Helen Watson-Williams An Antique Land
Dennis Haskell Bringing the C20 to Bay
Dorothy Jones The Goddess, the Artist and the Spinster

Review

Peter Quartermaine A review of The Land Beyond Time: A Modern Exploration of Australia's North-West Frontiers
Graeme Turner A review of Laurie Hergenhan's Unnatural Lives
A.J. Hassal A review of Randolph Stow's The Suburbs of Hell

Poetry

Kamala Das An Introduction
Kamala Das The Old Playhouse
Ee Tiang Hong The Excursion
Ee Tiang Hong Aftermath
Peter Bibby A Chinese Wisdom
Don Gentle An ancient back patio
John Heywood Links
Elly McDonald Heroes
Fiona Kidman from a postcard
Jean Lang Hunger Question
Fiona Kidman The Green Book
Elizabeth Smither A question of gravity

Fiction

Joan London Travelling
Carolyn Bell Karen
Jane Messer A Bit of a Jew
Timothy Doyle The Soldier's Case
Gerard Windsor In the House of the Dead