Westerly Issue 59.2
David Whish-Wilson
Susan Midalia
Delys Bird
Fay Zwicky
Caitlin Maling
and more…
This special Western Australian/Asian edition celebrates Westerly’s 60th year of publication, with essays on each decade of its history.
It features work by Fay Zwicky, Paul Hetherington, Robert Drewe, John Mateer, Susan Midalia, Simone Lazaroo, John Kinsella and many others.
Contents:
Stories
David Whish-Wilson The Cook
Robyn Mundy Everlastings
Mike Williams Ironing with Leonard Cohen
Jose Dalisay Jr. The Clarity of Things
Francesca Sasnaitis City of Ghosts
Simone Lazaroo Flying Home
Laurie Steed One and Only
Nicholas Hasluck Deaths Foretold
Richard Rossiter Spirit Places
Rashida Murphy The Moon Still Speaks
Rosie Barter Not Sweet, Not Sweet at All
Susan Midalia The Inner Life
Michelle Michau-Crawford Happy Haven Holiday Park
Histories
John Barnes Beginnings: 1956–1965
Elizabeth Webby Consolidation: 1966–1975
Dennis Haskell The Phoenix Rises Repeatedly: 1976–1985
Delys Bird The Golden Years: 1986–1995
Paul Genoni From the Nineties to the Noughties: 1996–2005
Tony Hughes-d’Aeth The Little Magazine in the Digital Age: 2006–2014
Personal Essays
Marcella Polain Micheline Aharonian Marcom and the hamam shoes
Mags Webster ‘A pattern more complicated’
Robert Drewe Old Rags and Mojitos
Poetry
Fay Zwicky Shirley Lim
Fabiyas MV John Mateer
Chinna Peter Bibby
Caitlin Maling Meg McKinlay
Renee Pettitt-Schipp Virginia Jealous
Vivienne Glance Alamgir Hashmi
Zhu Jian (trans. by Yi Zhe) Carolyn Abbs
Maree Dawes Jake Dennis
Fiona Britten Rozanna Lilley
Andrew Taylor Alec Choate
Shane McCauley Sue Clennell
Dick Alderson Veronica Lake
Murray Jennings Josephine Clarke
Catherine Wright Andrew Lansdown
Jeff Guess Graham Kershaw
Christopher Konrad Kevin Gillam
Isabela Banzon Paul Hetherington
Lucy Dougan Barbara Temperton
Meredi Ortega John Kinsella
Julie Watts Alexis Lateef
Shey Marque Bruce Dawe
Rachael Petridis Alvin Pang
Roland Leach Edwin Thumboo
Scott-Patrick Mitchell Flora Smith
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