What are the possibilities and pitfalls of imagining a better future? Where will it take us next? And do we even want to go there? Griffith Review 73: Hey, Utopia! explores the ramifications of Thomas More’s term in a range of contexts: the possible and the improbable, the out of reach and almost realised. 

Edited by Ashley Hay and featuring work by Sarah SentillesThurston Moore & John KinsellaEllen van NeervanAlex CothrenFiona Foley and Lea McInerneyGriffith Review 73 looks into visions past and present, those with potential and those that proved punishing. 

If you missed the livestream you can watch a recording of the Griffith Review 73: Hey, Utopia! launch event which was hosted by Avid Reader on 12 August 2021.  

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