Meanjin
Editor | Esther Anatolitis | |
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Publisher | OCLC 3972868 | |
Meanjin (/miˈændʒɪn/), formerly Meanjin Papers and Meanjin Quarterly, is an Australian literary magazine with a reputation for democratic left-of-centre politics, as against the right-wing stance of its rival Quadrant.[1] Established in 1940 in Brisbane, it moved to Melbourne in 1945 and is as of 2008 an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing.
History
The magazine was established in December 1940[2] in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen[3] as Meanjin Papers. The name is derived from the Turrbal word for land on which the city of Brisbane is located.[4]
It moved to Melbourne in 1945 at the invitation of the
The magazine was renamed Meanjin in 1947, then to Meanjin Quarterly in 1961, and became Meanjin again in 1976.[7][8] It includes poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, and other forms of writing, and also produces podcasts.[9][5]
Since 2008 Meanjin is published as an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing.[5]
Notable contributors
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The magazine has been the vehicle for important new work by Australian writers A. D. Hope, James McAuley, Douglas Stewart, Judith Wright, Patrick White, Randolph Stow, Joan London, Frank Moorhouse, and Les Murray. Special issues have been devoted to Joseph Furphy and Vance Palmer, among others.[1]
Editors
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- 1940–1974: Clem Christesen
- 1974–1982: Jim Davidson
- 1982–1987: Judith Brett
- 1987–1994: Jenny Lee
- 1994–1998: Christina Thompson
- 1998–2002: Stephanie Holt
- 2002–2008 Ian Britain
- 2008–2011 Sophie Cunningham
- 2011–2012 Sally Heath
- 2013–2015 Zora Sanders
- 2015–2022 Jonathan Green[5][10]
- 2022–present Esther Anatolitis[11]
During Christina Thompson's editorship, in 1995 Cassandra Pybus was guest editor for issue 2 titled O Canada. It features both Canadian and Australian writing including an essay by Gerry Turcotte, a Canadian teaching at the University of Wollongong and co-editor of Australia Canada Studies. During Esther Anatolitis's editorship, in 2023 Eugenia Flynn (Larrakia and Tiwi) and Bridget Caldwell-Bright (Jingle and Mudbarra) were guest editors of the journal's first-ever all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander edition, Meanjin 82.3 Spring 2023.[12]
Poetry editors
- mid-to-late 1970s: Kris Hemensley
- 1979–1982: Judith Rodriguez
- 1987–1994: Philip Mead
- 1994–1997: Laurie Duggan
- 1998: Brian Henry
- 1998–2000: Coral Hull
- 2000–2005: Peter Minter
- 2005–2015: Judith Beveridge
- 2015–2023: Bronwyn Lea
- 2023–present: Jeanine Leane
References
- ^ ISBN 019553381X.
- ^ "Australian Magazines of the Twentieth Century". AustLit. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-313-32169-6. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- NITV.
- ^ a b c d "About". Meanjin. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ISBN 9780522850376.
- ^ Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde. Oxford University Press, 1996
- ^ "Meanjin [catalogue entry]", Trove, University of Melbourne, 1977
- ^ "Editions". Meanjin. 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Green to Leave Meanjin". Books+Publishing. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Anatolitis appointed Meanjin editor". Books+Publishing. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Meanjin announces Eugenia Flynn and Bridget Caldwell-Bright as Guest Editors of First Nations edition". Meanjin. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
Further reading
- Davidson, Jim (2022). Emperors in Lilliput – Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland. ISBN 9780522877403.
- Jenny Lee; Philip Mead; ISBN 9780522844481.
- Strahan, Lyn (1985). Just City and the Mirrors: Meanjin Quarterly and the Intellectual Front, 1940–1965. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195544213.