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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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Valentina Gosetti

Valentina Gosetti is lecturer in French at the University of New England (Australia). She is also a poetry anthologist, a translator, and a defender of minority languages. Twitter: @GosettiV More info on her university page.

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6 December 201617 February 2017 · Main Posts

Shock or awe? The point in political cartooning

Richard Scully and Valentina Gosetti

The particular role of the cartoonist in the 21st century remains difficult to gauge. Whenever (and wherever) the official apparatus of censorship is removed, the debate around civility perhaps becomes even more central. This said, in a globally-connected world, cartoonists are still very much looking for their function.