Westerly 55:1

Contents:

Essay

Mike Heald Putting Words in the Buddha's Mouth: An Analysis of Judith Beveridge's 'Between the Palace and the Bodhi Tree'
Charles McLaughlin Patricia Hackett: A Life (1908-1963)
Myint Zan Shortened Cigars Stained with Nostalgia Tears
Enid Sedgwick An Australian Germanophile: Formative Influences in the Early Development of the Writer Catherine Martin

Interview

Giovanni Messina An Interview with Antonio Casella 'On leased land': The Sensualist by Antonio Casella

Review

Bronwyn Lea Annual Poetry Review 2009-2010
Carmen Lawrence Science Writing as Literature
Elizabeth Webby The Year's Work in Fiction: 2009-2010

Poetry

Diane Fahey What Herons Know
Jill Jones To Hold Onto A Map
Jen Jewel Brown Flying into Perth
Yang Xie Detail: Bird's Nest
Duncan Richardson The Bee Whisperer
Graham Nunn January 29, 2009
Rhodora Penaranda Liturgy of The Hours
Kit Brookman Dusk
Judy Johnson The Navigations of Rose de Freycinet
Syd Harrex Blood Bank
Jazra Khaleed Word
Adrian Flavell the seduction
Graham Rowlands The Snake
Barry O’Donohue My Time in Vietnam
Geoff Page Kythera
Jesse Patrick Ferguson Grave Rubbing
Ali Alizadeh Sky Burial
Ali Alizadeh Us & Them
Marc Swan 44th and Broadway
Graema Miles Ariadne on Naxos
Anthony Lynch Blood Plums
David McCooey Migration

Fiction

Susan Midalia Parting Glances
Joanne Riccioni Flick Chick
Martin French Blinded by the Light
Sari Smith The Disappearance of the Mother
John Saul Hague