Overland literary journal

Even now / its black waters / are tanked ’nd / safely intact. Pour / seeds or syllables / back down that throat / and all you’ll hear / are scattered ping-pings / on an iron roof.

International law and the laws of armed conflict apply to all, but they are not being enforced against all. We submit that the Australian government should not continue to support Israel in the commission of systematic violations of the most fundamental norms of international law and humanity.

By examining the works of First Nations storyteller Bill Neidjie and scholars Mary Graham and Jeanie Bell I want to dissect the meaning and complexities of story, Country and language, exploring the importance of an Indigenist framework for approaching Aboriginal literature — particularly for non-Indigenous people.

I am a researcher of literature and I am invested in understanding the political nature of language, and the context in which that language is embedded — even chaotic and unfocused language. I want to add a more “literary reading” to what has already been said of the UA definition of antisemitism, to expose subtexts that not even the leading lights of the Go8 cared to realise.

After careful consideration, the judges have selected eight outstanding poems to form this year’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist.

Congratulations to these ten writers who form the shortlist for the 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize!

No longer exclusively the domain of Japanese chefs with deep roots in traditional culinary practices, the new mix of casual dining and simple sweet shops reflect the ever-changing construct of Japan within the imagination of the West.

I’ve never been in the presence of a blossoming corpse flower. I’ve never breathed in the scent. But through my computer screen I could experience Putricia’s soft velvety folds, her firm but wilting spike. I could feel close to her.

All of these games are interventions situated inside cultures of death. They very much depend on the master’s tools. For some, that might not be radical enough. To me, it feels honest. These games take as their starting point the places where we find ourselves, both in terms of video game culture and our wider biopolitical environment, and they look for ways to challenge it, to develop or change. They believe in our capacity to grow and evolve. They recognise that there is no gap between today and tomorrow. We must build to where we want to be from where we are.

Heidi drops slowly to her knees in a move she hopes looks seductive but, judging by the click in her netball-ravaged patellas, probably looks anything but. She grabs him, Joe’s whole body tensing for an instant, and puts him in her mouth. His eyes roll back.

The after of El Hassan’s afterlife is never merely an after, but rather is always becoming after. In her hands, the remains of plunder assert themselves as mobile “sites of memory” — to borrow a compelling term from the late Toni Morrison — activated  by a people, Palestinians, striving not to be erased from history.

The End of Capitalism is an important counterpoint to the technocentrist’s dream of an unbridled capitalism powered by the sun and the wind — not to mention an argosy of unproven green tech — rather than the remains of prehistoric plants and animals.

begins with languor, / the past tense of caress / which, besides flies & heat haze / post stress, / the intense air supplies — no ostrich feather fans / or punkahs needed — just to be at rest.