In Meanjin Vol 72, No. 3, Estelle Tang takes a walk on the not-so-wild side and wonders why we are still deeply attracted to zoos, while Glyn Davis responds to Raymond Gaita’s essay on the role of the University, arguing the Australia’s universities have, and always have had, a distinct role and identity.
In the Meanjin Papers essay, Waleed Aly wonders whether the relentless speed of our media consumption is to blame for recent leadership changes at both State and Federal level, and asks whether we can truly be governed as a coherent people anymore.
Chris Flynn undertakes the translation of a forgotten sequel to Poe’s only complete novel and Gideon Haigh looks at the history of air travel through aeroplane food, from the caviar of turn of the century airships to the Ansabox of Eighties Australia.
There’s fiction from the unfamiliar depths of a familiar river from Jane Jervis-Read, and Angelina Mirabito takes us into the midst of an unworkable family.
With new poetry from Peter Rose, Michelle Cahill, Rose Lucas, Gregory Horne and many more.

Meanjin is a quarterly literary journal publishing the best new writing from established voices and emerging talents. For over 70 years Meanjin has articulated questions of national importance, questions or art, culture, policy and identity, as well as introducing some of the greatest literary names Australia has ever produced. It continues to be a touchstone of Australian cultural life and a must read for writers, thinkers and artists of any ilk.

Meanjin is edited by Zora Sanders. Find Meanjin online at www.meanjin.com.au