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Where fierce, fresh writing lives. Here you’ll find opinions, profiles, poetry, stories, reviews, treasures from our archives and food for the mind. All the things you need to go down swinging.

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All Sewn Up: Louise Bourgeois's Materiality

Ainslee Meredith
I went to the recent exhibition of Louise Bourgeois’s late works at Heide twice, the second time with my mother. I could tell you every work in the exhibition,...
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The Ghosts a Biography Summons: Rider Haggard at Ditchingham House

Hannah Garrard
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City of the Future: Getroit

Rafael S. W.
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Psychological Shopping: Coles

Oliver Mol
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Interview with Bruce Pascoe, 1987

I reckon that people who write are really the crucible, or the cradle of all culture, because most things come out of writing.
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Lingua Fracas

Rafael S. W.

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GDS#38, Stories & Poems

Memphis

An excerpt from Emma O'Neill-Sandham's short story, featured in Going Down Swinging #38.
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'Warren' by Trisha Cull

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in a silent way

Charles D'Anastasi
when he finished work he saw how lovely it was to deal with the end of autumn, to walk out of the office, leave behind the all-day geometry of...
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Mental Health and Memoir

The challenges of mixing memories with mental health. By Katerina Bryant.
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Fringe Binge '13: A Yarn

Lily Fish
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People Are Reading your Stuff on the Internet

Sandra Hajda
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Editing from the Country

Rhys Tate
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A Freelancer's Guide to Europe: Provence

Megan Anderson
Online editor Megan Anderson gives up a roof, friends and financial stability to write around Europe.
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How to Make a Buck in the Henhouse

Paul Mitchell
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