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253 Summer 2023/4

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Dženana Vucic on the subtle and not-so-subtle Marxist symbolism in Sailor Moon, John Docker, a "non-theatre person" by his own admission on The New Theatre, Sarah Schwartz on prison healthcare as punishment and the killing of Veronica Nelson, a poignant short story on memory and displacement from Nasrin Mahoutchi-Hosaini, Jeanine Leane's prize-winning poem, "Water under the bridge", and more.

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Peter D Mathews

Peter D Mathews is Professor of English Literature at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. A literary scholar who writes extensively about contemporary literature and culture, his work has appeared in publications across the globe. He is currently writing his fourth book, which will be about the Australian novelist Rodney Hall.

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Published in Overland Issue 252 Spring 2023 · Writing

On losing one’s way: Sophie Cunningham and the geography of desire

Peter D Mathews

Catherine’s geography teacher was right: the creation of any map is an act of implicit colonisation that gives rise to the treacherous belief that the geography of desire can be made to bend to the contours of the rational order.