Published in Overland Issue Print Issue 196 Spring 2009 · Main Posts Issue 196 Jeff Sparrow Contents Jeff Sparrow − Editorial Features Christos Tsiolkas − The Slap 1.0 Maxine Clarke−The unbearable whiteness of beauty Rodney Hall−Copyright, the market and the survival of Aust Lit Dennis Altman−Escaping the tribe? Bob Brown−The will of the people Jenny Hocking−The election that never was Carmela Baranowska−‘Why are you still alive?’ Thomas Shepherd−A life in mirrors Tara June Winch−Picture of a Shell-shocked land Melbourne Futures Fiction* Margo Lanagan−Until the solid earth dissolves Andrew Morgan−Heart of dockness Jack Dann−Mohammed’s angel Lucy Sussex−Riot on the State Library lawn Poetry Cassandra O’Loughlin − Nourishment Desh Balasubramaniam − North − East Anthem Elena Knox − Salacia Tanja Kovac − Cultural Cringe Paul Mitchell − Second Marriage Debbie Lim − Taking Blood Bonny Cassidy − Lining space, drying time π.o. − Ned Kelly Joel Scott − Four Heads, Morocco Eddie Paterson − Blood on the tracks Qi Guo, translated by Ouyang Yu − Mid Autumn Kevin Gillam − small religion Reviews Tom Clark – Journey Without Arrival Bel Monypenny - The Red Highway John McLaren - 60 Classic Australian Poems Laurie Clancy - Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley Lyndon Megarrity - The Dreaming and Other Essays * Supported by the City of Melbourne 2009 Arts Grants Program Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. 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 November 20248 November 2024 · Poetry Announcing the final results of the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers Editorial Team After careful consideration, judges Karen Wyld and Eugenia Flynn have selected first place and two runners-up to form the final results of this year’s Nakata Brophy Prize! 4 October 202418 October 2024 · Main Posts Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 longlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia.
