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 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 20 March 20262 April 2026 · Main Posts Final results of the 2025 Judith Wright Poetry Prize Editorial team Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize seeks outstanding poetry from new and emerging writers. This year’s judges, Shastra Deo, Harry Reid and […] 20 March 202620 March 2026 · Main Posts Final results of the 2025 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize Editorial team Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize seeks outstanding original short fiction of up to 3000 words themed loosely around the notion […]
