Westerly 27:4

Contents:

Essay

George Seddon The Persistence of Place—Western Australian Literature
Adam Shoemaker Fact and Historical Fiction: Ion L. Idriess and Colin Johnson*
Peter Cowan A View of Colonial Life: Hume Nisbet*
Veronica Brady Place, Taste and the Making of a Tradition: Western Australian Writing Today
Greg Burns Lawson on Westralia
Paul Eggert Lawrence, The Secret Army, and the West Australian Connexion: Molly Skinner*

Creative Non-fiction

Dorothy Hewett The Garden and the City*

Review

David Brooks A review of A. D. Hope's Antechinus: Poems 1975-1980
Dorothy W. Collin A review of Penelope Hetherington's The Making of a Labour Politician

Poetry

R. G. Hay Semi-conductors are also semi-insulators
Bruce Dawe A Letter Home
Leon Slade The Clef's Edge
Doris Brett Go Forth
Diane Dodwell Strings
Diane Dodwell Difficulties
Diane Dodwell Map
Diane Dodwell Journey
Rivka Sholane Dead City Life
Rivka Sholane Marriage
Heather Cam Songs for a Lover
Heather Cam Tou Wan's Tomb
Andrew Burke Talk in Tongues
Margaret Scott At the Salmon Ponds
Margaret Scott Cemetery Point
Jean Kent Poem in August
Jennifer de Garis Wanderer
Jennifer de Garis Song for My Sister
Barry O’Donohue Dream Sequence
Rod Moran In the River's Text
Rod Moran Elegy
Graeme Hetherington An Untitled Painting
Graeme Hetherington Oedipus
Mark O’Connor Ios Beach
Mark O’Connor St. Titus's
Rory Harris building castles
Dale Harcombe portrait

Fiction

Judith Lazaroo The Shedding
Meredith Michie Passengers
Peter Goldsworthy Mandy's List
Beth Spencer Atonement
J. W. Clark Anticipating the Dawn
James Whitelaw The Path
Russell Blackford The Load on Her Mind

Interview

Adam Shoemaker An Interview with Jack Davis