Art critic and historian Robert Hughes has died in New York aged 74.
Prominent among a lifetime of achievements is his Australian convict history, The Fatal Shore.
When it was published in 1987, historian Stuart MacIntyre wrote a famous review in Meanjin, comparing it with Edward Gibbons’ The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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Erin, Sarina and Jess chat with Zora Sanders, Deputy Editor of Meanjin, about how she started her career in the publishing world, the Internet (it's the next big thing, guys) and about what she looks for in a submission.
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Erin, Sarina and Jess talk about how death is handled in the media, and interview Deputy-Editor of Meanjin, Zora Sanders. They also talk about how to write what you don't know, and crown Lip Magazine Shameless Self-Promoter of the Week.
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