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MADELINE CASH

‘She is thorough in a way that is off putting to people. It makes for a good
secretary, not a good conversationalist.’

Fiction by Madeline Cash.

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INTERVIEW


BREA SOUDERS & ALICE ZOO

‘How would I feel if I had messaged for years with someone that I later found
out was an AI?’

Brea Souders speaks to Alice Zoo about chatbots, interconnection and the
dialogue between photography and text in her work.


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THOM SLIWOWSKI

‘Patterns in my love life, things I read, my dreams and distant memories
together wove plush carpets of significance.’

An essay by Thom Sliwowski on chicken, abstinence and polyamory.

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RACHEL KUSHNER

‘My instinct often is to swerve, to try to commit to some kind of reversal on
received logics and see how far I can go with it.’

Rachel Kushner on the mystery of prehistory and the true depth of a cave.

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BRAD PHILLIPS

‘People say it’s healthy for couples to fight, it means there’s still passion.
I’ve always assumed that was bullshit, but now I’m not sure.’

Fiction by Brad Phillips.

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HELEN GARNER & IZABELLA SCOTT

‘I think what draws me in is the spectacle of the law trying to deal with
something that nothing can deal with – just the wildness of people.’

Izabella Scott in conversation with Helen Garner.

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TOM LEE

‘He was in tears but also relieved because finally there was an acknowledgement
that something was wrong with him.’

Tom Lee on his father’s admission to a psychiatric hospital.

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BENJAMIN KUNKEL

‘I've done my service to eco-socialism.’

Benjamin Kunkel on the distinct promises offered by fiction and political theory
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DIANA EVANS

‘How do you love a monster when they are no longer monstrous?’

New fiction by Diana Evans.

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MOMTAZA MEHRI

‘I turn to O’Connor’s music when I get tired of lying to myself. Her songs are
allegorical free-falls. Spiritual chiaroscuros, even.’

Momtaza Mehri on Sinéad O’Connor.

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AVIGAYL SHARP

‘I lied about my age and I lied about my location and I lied about being horny.’

Fiction by Avigayl Sharp.

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THOMAS MEANEY

‘There can be any number of significant others in a life. Some we know for a
long time; others are meteoric: we may see them only once.’

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J.M. COETZEE

‘Do they strike people as a strange couple? He does not know, does not care.’

Fiction by J.M. Coetzee.

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‘Being recognised as part of a couple thrilled me; I felt legitimised. John had
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