Meanjin Vol 83, No 1

Poetry is where Meanjin began, and Autumn 2024 is Meanjin's first with new Poetry Editor Jeanine Leane be sure to include this issue in your collection! There's Tom Doig on 'Ten years on from Hazelwood: last decade's second-worst disaster'. Marcus Westbury reconfiguring capitalism in 'The agency and the equity'. A venturous interview with Peter Polites. Elise Dowden's joyful 'Australia in Three Books' on national treasure O.. Andr Dao's superb 'State of the (Writing) Nation' oration. A Clare Wright memoir piece that packs a powerful punch. And plenty more fiction, memoir, essays, reviews and experiments. All framed by this season's Meanjin Paper by Arrernte Elder Theresa Penangke Alice: 'Ilkakelheme akngakelheme resisting assimilation'. In heavy times, we read with heavy hearts, and reflect with open minds. Embrace Australia's finest writers.