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.
Regan Lynch is a writer, performer and theatre-maker based in Brisbane, Queensland. He graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts (Drama) and Honours in Drama, focusing on queer theatre. His work has featured in Semper Floreat, AustLit, and come highly commended in the SLQ Young Writer's Award 2014 for his short story 'Fog on the Highway'. www.reganlynch.com
