HEAT 9

HEAT 9 presents Meaghan Delahunt, winner of the HQ/Flamingo short story contest; Eva Sallis, winner of the Vogel/Australian award; David Malouf, winner of the Impac Prize; and Mandy Sayer, winner of the Vogel award, and author of Dreamtime Alice, showing what can be done with the forms of fiction, from folk and fairy tale to the political fable and the essay on manners. And what might be overlooked as fiction: a chapter from Alan Wearne’s new verse novel, The Lovemakers; and chapter 8 of the only serial novel being published in Australia (and possibly the world) today, Anna Couani’s The Western Horizon.

In the essays, Eliot Weinberger explores the presence of “karmic traces” ­ the residues of memory in the way poetry moves us. Nicholas Jose discusses the Analects of Confucius. Peter Craven gives the background to the the unlikely niceness of the novelist Murray Bail. And in a series of “Xiaopin”, a traditional Chinese essay form, Ouyang Yu casts his eye upon the Australian literary scene.

There is new poetry from an international cast: Vicki Feaver, Jorie Graham, Kevin Hart, Anthony Lawrence, Tom Shapcott, Robert Kroetsch, Tim Thorne, Peter Skrzynecki and Chinese poetess Zhai Yongming.

And a really romantic dance in seven steps by Garry Shead.

Then Desmond O’Grady criticises Peter Robb, Martin Harrison praises Robert Hass, and George Alexander introduces Domenico de Clario, amongst other reviews.

Contents

Essays and Xiaopin

Eliot Weinberger – Karmic Traces
Nicholas Jose – The Analects of Simon Leys
Peter Craven – Murray Bail, Home-Made Modernist
Ouyang Yu – On the Smell of an Oily Rag

Six Kinds Of Fiction

Meaghan Delahunt – In the Blue House at Coyoacán
Alan Wearne – Barb at Dot’s Wedding
Mandy Sayer – Ash
David Malouf – Ulysses, or The Scent of the Fox
Eva Sallis – Munira’s Bad Day Out
Anna Couani – The Western Horizon (chapter 8)

Poetry

Vicki Feaver, Jorie Graham, Kevin Hart, Tim Thorne, Robert Kroetsch, Peter Skrzynecki, Anthony Lawrence, Tom Shapcott, Zhai Yongming.

Views & Reviews

Desmond O’Grady – I Wonder Who’s Kissing Him Now?
George Alexander on Domenico de Clario
Martin Harrison on Robert Hass
Peter Minter on Martin Langford
Javant Biarujia on David Miller
Felicity Plunkett on Jennifer Strauss
Dmetri Kakmi on Peter Bakowski
Adam Aitken on Bev Braune and Louise Crisp
Simon Petch on James Ellroy

Art

Garry Shead – Dance Sequence