Published in Overland Issue 205 Summer 2011 · Uncategorized Issue 205 Jeff Sparrow summer 2011 ISBN 978-0-9871301-2-9 published 2 December 2011 Mattias Gardell on the Oslo massacre, the politics of Indigenous languages, an extract from Alexis Wright’s forthcoming novel and much more. Contents Regulars Jeff Sparrow − Editorial Alison Croggon Features Mattias Gardell − Terror in the Norwegian woods The rise of a anti-Muslim far Right in Europe Robert Bollard − Who was Bet B? Aboriginality and identity Xavier Rizos− Will the market save us? The logic of a carbon tax Brad Nguyen – Morality begone! Interpreting violence in the age of riots and revolution Stephanie Convery and Katrina Fox Sexing up animal rights: is it wrong? A discussion Rjurik Davidson – ‘You are sick! This is not art!’ Torture porn films and politics Sarah Drummond − Whale, daughter A slow death at sea Language and politics in Indigenous writing A PEN forum Arnold Zable John Bradley Kim Scott Marie Munkara Peter Slezak – Silence resembling stupidity The New Atheists and Islam Meanland: Caroline Hamilton – Sympathy for the devil? Small presses and free markets Debate Robert Lukins versus Ali Alizadeh That Australian Poetry should attempt to bring poetry into the mainstream Robert Lukins − Affirmative Ali Alizadeh − Negative Robert Lukins − Rebuttal Ali Alizadeh − Rebuttal Fiction Stephen Muecke − Experiment No. 1 in Animal Tourism Louise Pine − Letter to a small village Alexis Wright − extract from The Swan Book Poetry Cameron Lowe − Theatre Cath Drake − Fresh Kill Eileen Chong – Mary: A Fiction Angela Smith – Jennifer Maiden woke up in The Lodge Stuart Barnes – sad Molly Guy – Edith’s dead mother D J Huppatz – Bite the Wax Tadpole | Heide | One February or July Maketh Ajak – I need the finger of God inside my mind Phillip Hall – At Wentworth Falls Ruby Todd – the supplement Stuart Cooke – Elites Cover Yhonnie Scarce, What they wanted 2006–2010 courtesy the artist and Dianne Tanzer Gallery Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor, broadcaster and Walkley award-winning journalist. He is a former columnist for Guardian Australia, a former Breakfaster at radio station 3RRR, and a past editor of Overland. His most recent book is a collaboration with Sam Wallman called Twelve Rules for Strife (Scribe). He works at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. More by Jeff Sparrow › 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 1 6 November 2026 · Friday Fiction Headland Harry Goddard He must have still been sore. I could tell from the winces he made as he scooted down the trail. Some unspoken agreement of not hitting other people’s children — and the circumstances of me not being that type of kid — spared me from the same punishment. I was taken to my parents who agreed I would have to work off the damages, and I must have mowed the lawn once, or cleaned the family car. 4 November 2026 · Film MIFF, Minotaur and the politics of maternal reception Alicia Byrnes Maternal labour is, in the terms I’ve set out here, not labour at all. Noisy, unfocused, mobile, perhaps even sleepy — it is an affront to arthouse film viewing and therefore unserious.
