CONTRAPPASSO is an independent magazine of international writing published from Sydney and Buenos Aires. Issue 8 contains writing from Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Nicaragua, Spain, France, the UK, the USA, China, and the Phillipines. We feature an interview with F. H. BATACAN and ANDREA PASSION-FLORES; previously untranslated classic Argentinean fiction by ROBERTO ARLT; and contributions from BILL ADAMS, ALICIA AZA, RICHARD BERENGARTEN, BLANCA CASTELLON, RICK DEMARINIS, GENG XIANG, ELIAS GREIG, PHILIP HAMMIAL, KENT HARRINGTON, ROGER HICKIN, J. KATES, NOEL KING, LU YE, MORRIS LURIE, LUCAS LYNDES, MARY MACPHERSON, TRAVIS MCKENNA, SASCHA MORRELL, TONY PAGE, ANDREA PASION-FLORES, SARAH RICE, FRANK RUSSO, FLOYD SALAS, KERRIN P. SHARPE, PAGE SINCLAIR, ALEX SKOVRON, PAOLO TOTARO, LYN VELLINS, LUKE WHITINGTON, and OUYANG YU. Edited by MATTHEW ASPREY GEAR & THEODORE ELL "A periodical that moves restlessly, thrillingly among its interests and concerns...the Sydney-based Contrappasso publishes international writing of the highest order." Los Angeles Review of Books."