Edited by Leah Jing McIntosh & Cher Tan

“The Liminal Review of Books is a kind of criticism; not of a book, or of a critic, but of an industry. […] To critique is a refusal to endure, a refusal to be silent, to admit one’s desire to be a part of it all, to admit, to admit, to be open and honest and true.” Read the 2021 introduction to the Liminal Review of Books here.

Since 2021, The Liminal Review of Books has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria; and the City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program.

Forbidden Stories and Unbreakable Cycles

‘…it’s easy to lose the emotion of history, and to forget how recent it all is. It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that what now seems unfathomable could, very easily, become reality again.’

Leah McIntosh18 November 2021

A Lighter Union

‘I was born with perfect shoulders. But when I moved to Philadelphia, they told me I had a chip on one, the size of “Australia”.’

Leah McIntosh18 November 2021

Comradely Love and Joyous Passion

‘What role does love play in the making of revolutions and the articulation of revolutionary desire? Can love teach us to remain determined to leap from the world we inhabit to a future we desire?’

Leah McIntosh18 November 2021

Introduction

‘Staying with the trouble is one thing, but sometimes I’d just like my heart to stop beating so hard.’

Leah McIntosh18 November 2021

Edited by Leah Jing McIntosh & Cher Tan

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