Contributors

MEGAN DAVIS

(‘To Walk in Two Worlds’, p.8) is a Cobble Cobble woman from Queensland, a pro vice chancellor and professor of law at the University of New South Wales, and a member of the Referendum Council.

DON WATSON

(‘The Handshake’, p.11) is the author of, most recently, The Bush, Worst Words and the Quarterly Essay ‘Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump’.

RICHARD COOKE

(‘Age-old Hate’, p.13) is a writer, broadcaster and contributing editor to the Monthly.

DARRYN KING

(‘Word Wranglers’, p.16) is a freelance journalist based in New York.

CHLOE HOOPER

(‘Beyond the Notes’, p.18) is the author of The Engagement, A Child’s Book of True Crime and The Tall Man.

PATRICK WITTON

(‘A Near-impossible Sell’, p.19) is the Monthly’s production editor.

KAREN HITCHCOCK

(‘The Medicine’, p.22) is a doctor and Monthly columnist. Her most recent work is the Quarterly Essay ‘Dear Life’.

NICK FEIK

(‘Killing Our Media’, p.24) is the Monthly’s editor.

KIM MAHOOD

(‘Country Needs People’, p.34) is the author of Craft for a Dry Lake, Position Doubtful and the essay ‘Kartiya are like Toyotas’.

STEVEN AMSTERDAM

(‘A Few Questions Before You Go’, p.46) is a Melbourne-based writer and palliative care nurse. His latest book is The Easy Way Out.

JULIE EWINGTON

(‘What Must Be Said’, p.50) is a Sydney-based independent writer, curator and broadcaster.

ROBERT MANNE

(‘Politics Gets Personal’, p.54) is emeritus professor of politics and vice-chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe University. His most recent book is The Mind of the Islamic State.

HELEN ELLIOTT

(‘Her Eloquent Heart’, p.56) is a literary journalist and writer.

SEBASTIAN SMEE

(‘Sweeping Us Up’, p.58) is the art critic for the Boston Globe and winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. His most recent book is The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art.

ANWEN CRAWFORD

(‘Parallel Universes’, p.61) is the Monthly’s music critic and the author of Live Through This.

OSLO DAVIS

(‘In Light of Recent Events’, p.66) is an illustrator, artist and cartoonist.