Southerly, Lines of Concern. ISBN 1875684433 [Book review]

This edition of Southerly, the oldest standing Australian literary journal, is an interesting revue of what constitutes contemporary Australian literary practice and its intrinsic and qualitative ethos. If Southerly is to be seen as an inclusive forum for Australian writers, if it is to be seen as representative of such writers, then we should imagine that contemporary literary practice is in a position to illuminate even the darkest recesses of what has been represented as a kind of cavity in our collective, social, heart.