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256 Spring 2024

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Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.

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Peter Polites

Peter Polites started writing at the age of 27 when he joined the early incarnation of Sweatshop. He recently edited a publication Ornaments from Two Countries where members of the GLBTIQ community from Western Sydney and regional NSW wrote their experiences.

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Published in Overland Issue 212 Spring 2013 · Writing

Speaking for the Other

Peter Polites and Stephanie Convery

Can writers tell another’s stories? Or, more accurately, should they tell another’s story? A debate between Peter Polites and Stephanie Convery. Peter Polites: On one occasion, Sweatshop director Michael Mohammed Ahmad and I were having dinner at Volcanos. Sweatshop is a critical literacy movement that works within the western suburbs of Sydney. Volcanos is a steakhouse, and its customer base is the Arabic-speaking communities of Bankstown.