Published in Overland Issue · Main Posts The Man Who Shot Lions Josephine Rowe We didn’t know that about him then when we started reading his books. But once we found out, they were always there – in the trenches of his war stories; in the grandstands at his racetracks and boxing matches; present at his bull fights or padding softly through the dirty Parisian streets; there were always the lions. Solemn slow-moving beasts whose large paws made no noise, and whose whiskey-coloured eyes missed nothing Josephine Rowe Josephine Rowe is the author of two short story collections and a novel, A Loving, Faithful Animal (UQP, 2016). Her third collection of stories, Horse Latitudes, is forthcoming from Black Inc. in 2019. More by Josephine Rowe › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. 5 March 2024 · Main Posts Andrew Charlton’s school assignment Alex McKinnon Australia's Pivot to India exists for three reasons: so that when Andrew Charlton is interviewed on the radio or introduced on Q+A, his bio includes the phrase "he has written a book about Indian-Australian relations"; to fend off accusations that he is another Kristina Keneally engaging in electoral colonialism in western Sydney; and to help the Albanese government strengthen economic and military ties with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
