Turn the page and hear the voices within . . . '- RAMONA KOVALThe Best Australian Essays 2011offers up bliss and illumination in equal measure - from the pleasures of the flesh to the events that convulsed the world in a year of change. Paul Kelly meditates on Frank Sinatra, and Robert Manne excavates the past and thoughts of Julian Assange. Inga Clendinnen dreams on cricket, and Anna Krien delves into the saga of the St Kilda schoolgirl. There is Peter Robb on Italian food, Anthony Lane on News of the World. Gail Bell on rats and Richard Flanagan on photography. This is a collection with something for everyone that never wavers in its quality.Gillian MearsYouthful DesireDavid MaloufHappiness in the FleshNicolas Rothwell Catastrophe in the KimberleyRobert ManneJulian AssangeAnthony LanePhone HackingM.J. HylandTrial by InternetCraig SherborneInside JobsAnna KrienSex and FootyPeter ConradChis LilleyInga ClendinnenCricket MemoriesGail BellIn the Rat RoomHelen ElliottDistractionMorris LurieOn Not WritingMaria TumarkinAn Historian Gone WrongAndrew SantSelf-knowledgeShakira HusseinNine-Eleven-itisLian HearnJapan after the EarthquakesAmanda LohreyDavid Walsh and MONAPaul KellyFrank SinatraPeter RobbReal Italian FoodClive JamesOn BroadwayDelia FalconerSweating in SydneyRichard FlanaganTwo Outsider ArtistsAndrew O'HaganGoing West