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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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Rory Kennett Lister

Rory Kennett-Lister writes non-fiction, fiction, criticism and commentary. His work has been featured in The Lifted Brow, Collect Magazine and Place Magazine, among others. Outside the real world, he can be found on Twitter (@RoryKL) or through his blog, rorykennettlister@wordpress.com.

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22 February 20132 June 2013 · Reading

How do you like me now? Positivity and the death of Facebook

Rory Kennett Lister

It is eight in the morning and with a sleep-blunted mind I absentmindedly swipe my finger over my phone. It is one-thirty and I’m on the toilet staring at the screen while the work-paid minutes tick by. It is two-thirty; my mind wanders from work and my keys tap in a familiar web address. It’s 6 pm and ignoring the subtle smell of body odour creeping through the bus air, I flick through the news feed.