The Monthly, August 2006, No. 15

In This Issue
The Nation Reviewed
Comment FREE •  Don Watson
A Word from Deakin •  Mungo MacCallum
The View from the Bridge •  Ashley Hay
Sam I Am •  David Salter
Jacques’ Park •  Kate van den Boogert
The Monthly Essays
Mark Aarons
What happened in East Timor
Robert Manne
Islamism, Islamophobia and Australia
Justin McCurry
Big Sushi  FREE 
The world’s most politically sensitive lunch
Arts & Letters
The Optimism of People Standing on the Edge of the Grave FREE •  Gideon Haigh
Let’s Get Our Hands Dirty •  Kerryn Goldsworthy
The Rules of Engagement FREE •  Helen Garner
God Save His Soul FREE •  Robert Forster
Rembrandt 1606–1669: From the Prints and Drawings Collection •  Justin Clemens
Encounters
David Combe & Valery Ivanov •  Shane Maloney