Issue One — Contents

Editorial Rebecca Starford

COMMENTARY
Feeding the Hand that Bites: The Demise of Australian Literary Reviewing Gideon Haigh
Whatever Works: Abu Dhabi, Edinburgh and Stand-up Comedy Tracy Crisp
Love in a LOL-ed Climate: Internet Dating Clementine Ford
Shopping For Values: A Journey with my Daughter Paul Mitchell
Talk Derby to Me: The All-grrl Underground Roller Derby Scene Georgia Gowing
Lying In Intensive Care: The Plight of the Album Justin Heazlewood

FICTION
Clinching Emmett Stinson
Carver’s Unkempt Lawn Patrick Cullen
The Singing Tree Colin Batrouney
Finding Out Kalinda Ashton
The Pond Dmetri Kakmi
Theories of Relativity Chris Womersley
The Girl and the Cat Nicola Redhouse

CARTOON
Idol Thoughts Oslo Davis

INTERVIEW
Kill Your Darlings in conversation with Sarah Waters

REVIEWS
‘Don’t Think Like a Shopgirl! Think Like a Poet!’: Broken Lives in Mary Gaitskill’s Don’t Cry Rebecca Starford
Serena by Ron Rash Chris Flynn
The Legacy by Kirsten Tranter Thuy On
‘Shit Never Fucking Changes’: The Enduring Pleasure of The Wire Anthony Morris