Meanjin Vol. 68, No.1

In the March edition of Meanjin, Declan Kelly gives us the low-down on Melbourne's music scene, Nam Le tells us why he likes to take readers to the edge-then leave them there, Humphrey McQueen looks at what's happening to the Australian Public Library system, Beth Driscoll considers the new literary prizes on the block, George Dunford takes us inside the Australian graphic novel scene, Mark Dapin dishes the dirt on celebrity journalism, Joshua Tyree takes us on his annual pilgrimage to Ground Zero, Sian Prior describes how debilitating shyness can be, Adrienne Eberhard leads us through the maze of a breast cancer diagnosis, Ross Gibson gives us a fresh take on Patyegarang and William Dawes, Stephen Jones describes the work of one of Meanjin's most-loved and used artists, Stanislaw Ostoja-Kotkowski, and we reprint A. A. Phillips great essay from 1955 on the cultural cringe. Includes fiction by Lynden Hyatt, John Kinsella, Louise Swinn and newcomer Daniel Kent, and poetry by Clive James and Dorothy Porter.