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.
Dr Demelza Hall is researcher in the field of literary and cultural studies and has worked as sessional lecturer and tutor at Federation University Australia since 2009. Demelza has published in a wide variety literary journals both in Australia and overseas and her current research, The Drover’s Wife Reading Project, recently attracted a seed funding grant from the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL). More information about The Drover’s Reading Wife Project, including how to get involved, can be found at: demelzahall.com.au
