Overland 254 is the first in a set of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. This issue also launches a new design and format by Common Room Editions, inspired by Overland’s trove of radical literature spanning from 1954 to today. Andrew Brooks and Astrid Lorange consider the asymmetrical responses to two events: the wearing of keffiyehs by three cast members during the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull, and, on the same day in the US, the shooting of three Palestinian men wearing keffiyehs. Jeff Sparrow uncovers the Sydney Herald’s legacy of Terra Nullius, and Daniel Lopez writes on Marx, Meredith and the festival as an inversion of modern life.
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Inside this issue you’ll find essays from Juliet Fox, Samuel J. Cox and Sam Ryan, poetry selected by Toby Fitch, including work from Tony Birch, Eliana Gray, Debbie Lim, Shari Kocher, Yeena Kirkbright, DJ Huppatz, Ann-Marie Blanchard and Brendon IJ McLeod. You’ll also find short fiction selected by Claire Corbett, including work by Lauren Collee, Jordan Smith and Madeline Byrne. In their editorial, co-editors Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk write:
“This issue goes to print on the cusp of a darkening world, as the Israeli war-crimes committed in response to Hamas’ attacks expand to Lebanon and Syria as they reach a year’s duration, and a confrontation of major powers looms on the horizon. Our press daily occludes and minimises structural violence while inflating the semantic offence of slogans and symbols in the same breath. We don’t know where this is going or how dark it can get, but we do suspect that our journalists and politicians could only lie and equivocate so shamelessly if they thought we would all forget what we’ve seen. Overland won’t.”
It’s a terrific issue to have on its own – or as part of a subscription!
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Overland subscriptions: You can support Overland by becoming a subscriber. Our basic subscription package includes a discounted 4-issue subscription to Overland (four print issues and the online magazine), invitations to subscriber events, and other opportunities and giveaways. $70 a year, or $50 concession, student or unwaged. A digital subscription option ($50) gives you 4 digital issues of Overland straight to your inbox.
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