Published in Overland Issue Electronic Overland · Uncategorized The new squeeze Gary Barwin Gary Barwin Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist and author of sixteen books, the most recent will be Moon Baboon Canoe (Mansfield Press, spring 2014). He received a PhD in music composition from SUNY at Buffalo and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. His website is garybarwin.com. More by Gary Barwin › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 7 March 20257 March 2025 · Poetry 3 songs for Charles Darwin John Forbes begins with languor, / the past tense of caress / which, besides flies & heat haze / post stress, / the intense air supplies — no ostrich feather fans / or punkahs needed — just to be at rest. 5 March 20257 March 2025 · Human rights Showing what really matters to us: on Australia’s continuing failure to uphold the UN torture prevention protocol Monique Hurley and Andreea Lachsz So why have there been no — or only limited — moves to implement the bare minimum obligations pursuant to the OPCAT? The answer appears to be a lack of political will and a dangerous disregard for the lives of people detained behind bars.
