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255 Winter 2024

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This issue goes to print on the cusp of a darkening world… Overland 255 is the second issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. In this issue, Samuel J Cox interviews Kim Scott on his works True Country (1993) and Benang (1995) in ‘Writing from the South’. Elsewhere, Juliet Scott interrogates ‘The Australian Media’s problem with Palestine’ and Sam Ryan looks back at Overland and the state of arts funding in Australia from 1973 to 1975. This issue also features poetry from Yeena Kirkbright, DJ Huppatz, Debbie Lim, among others, and short fiction from Lauren Collee, Madeline Byrne and Jordan Smith.

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Lynda Ng

Lynda Ng is a literary scholar who teaches at the University of Sydney. Her first degree was a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and International Business.

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1 September 20201 October 2020 · The university

Where have all the surpluses gone?

Lynda Ng

The importance of the university hinges on its ability to exist as a space separate from other institutions. By protecting the unique character of this space, we demonstrate that there are different ways for society to function and therefore challenge people to imagine different futures.