Published in Overland Issue Print Issue 193 Summer 2008 · Main Posts Issue 193 Jeff Sparrow Contents Editorial Jeff Sparrow – Editorial Overland Lecture Antony Loewenstein – Features Kevin Foster – ‘Eyewitness’ in a Slouch Hat Alexis Wright – A Weapon of Poetry Michael Winkler – Murderous Exhibitions Andrew Ramadge – The Last Fanzine Sandy Jeffs – Death of the Father Frank Stilwell – Sustaining What? Tanya Serisier and Mark Pendleton – The Disappearance of Desire Robert Darby – The Outlook and Morals of an Ancient Greek Suzanne Jamieson and Tom Bramble – The Tide Turning? Susan Lever – Criticism and Fiction in Australia Fiction Louise Swinn – The Modern Australian Short Stories Tutor Eva Sallis – Life Sentence Richard Lawson – A Chink Too Wide Online Fiction Supplement Nicola Haywood – Sometimes the Best You Can Do is Just Jump Back In [PDF version] Jane Price – The Arrangement [PDF version] Anna Bennetts – Beneath Our Skins [PDF version] Richard Millar – The Classroom [PDF version] Poetry David Prater – Sunbathing Sarah-Jane Norman – A vanishing city – This is the Hikari Super Express Aden Rolfe – We Watched the Waves – Cherry Blossom Joel Scott – Half Life Ivy Ireland – Textiles Exhibition – High Tea with The Muse Ted Nielsen – i took the hand of a preacherman – franchisee, revisited Anwyn Crawford – Interior Life Kevin Gillam – in a hurried life Reviews Tom O’Lincoln – Battles Over the War Lyndall Ryan – Assimilating Australia Andrew Markus – The Clubs of White Men Elizabeth Campbell – Prolific Rhetoric John Kinsella responds to Elizabeth Campbell – The ‘Lore’ of Diminishing Returns Brian McFarlane – Groupings and Gropings in Australian Cinema Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor, broadcaster and Walkley award-winning journalist. He is a former columnist for Guardian Australia, a former Breakfaster at radio station 3RRR, and a past editor of Overland. His most recent book is a collaboration with Sam Wallman called Twelve Rules for Strife (Scribe). He works at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. More by Jeff Sparrow › 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 8 May 202611 May 2026 · Nakata Brophy Prize The 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers (Poetry) Editorial Team Please follow this link to enter the prize. Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 […] 6 May 20266 May 2026 · Main Posts Join the Overland Board Editorial Team Overland is looking for a Treasurer to join the board. If you care about literary culture, have governance experience and a head for finance, please consider applying. Expressions of Interest […]
