The Naked Writer 2 hones focus onthe poet and author: their processes, habits and ambitions, and theintersections of their lives and their work. The issue opens with David Brooks'tribute to the remarkable woman of Australian letters, Veronica Brady. Theissue also contains: novelist Fiona McFarlane's reflections onreading Patrick White's The Aunt's Story; Kristina Olsson mapsthe writing of her acclaimed memoir Boy, Lost; short-fictionwriter Hayley Katzen meditates on writing, revelation and privacy; ShirleyHazzard specialist Brigitta Olubas reads the marriage ofHazzard and biographer Francis Steegmuller as menage troiswith Flaubert;and Joe Dolce presents his final interview with Dorothy Porter inwhich they discuss C. P. Cavafy.  The issue also includesa wealth of fiction, poetry and reviews.