Published 5 December 20085 December 2008 · Main Posts More Overland-Meanjin soccer action Jeff Sparrow Courtesy of Sophie Cunningham and the Meanjin crew, here’s some action photos from the Great Overland–Meanjin soccer game. Speaking of which, the new edition of Meanjin is out now. The website glosses it as follows: In the first of our series of CAL/Meanjin cultural essays, Lynden Barber explores the film festival scene and Anthony Burke considers the equation of life and death in a moving personal essay on the war on terror. David Astle describes the ticks and compulsions of a professional crossword compiler, Paul Kelly recalls the love, sex and theology behind a song on angels, and Robyn Rowland reflects on her personal muse. Sophie Cunningham talks to Morris Gleitzman about his holocaust novels Once and Then, James Bradley finds the deeper meaning within Battlestar Galactica, Jane Gleeson-White enters the dream-like worlds of story-telling traditions in the Middle East and their its incarnation on the web, and Ciannon Cazaly writes on footy and the culture wars. As well, we explore the possibilities of generative art and Liz Argall takes us behind the scenes of writing a comic. There is new fiction by Jessica Au, Stephen Orr, Gina Flaxman, Andrew Humphreys, Richard Lawson, Eleanor Whitworth, Damon Young and the third extract of Caroline Lee ‘s Stripped. Meanjin also features poetry by Iain Britton, Mark Tredinnick, Anne Elvey, Pauline Reeve and PiO. 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 4 October 202418 October 2024 · Main Posts Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 longlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia. 16 August 202416 August 2024 · Poetry pork lullaby Panda Wong but an alive pig / roots in the soil /turning it over / with its snout / softening the ground / is this a hymn