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    Jennifer Mills
    is an author, editor and critic. Her next novel, The Airways, will be published by Picador Australia in 2021.

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    Culture November 28, 2020

    The call

    “The president wanted to make the call herself, but as a committee we felt this was risky. She saw her place in history, the first human to make direct contact with an alien civilisation; we saw a diplomatic catastrophe. Even if she managed the conversation …”

    Culture May 23, 2020

    I will not be taking questions

    “Is this their final offer? Was that the best you could get? You’ve had it all thoroughly looked over as I asked? There’s not going to be another round of discussions? Isn’t there some factor that we haven’t yet considered? Could we maybe have …”



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