Published in Overland Issue Print Issue 197 Summer 2009 · Main Posts Issue 197 Jeff Sparrow Contents Regulars Jeff Sparrow − Editorial Correspondence Towards 200: Fiona Capp − The Lost Garden CAL Art and Life: Darshana Jayemanne − The Resident of Evil Creek* Essays Guy Rundle − When the rubric hits the Rudd Anwyn Crawford − The monarch of middlebrow Lizzie O’Shea − Beautiful as the sunset Francesca Rendle-Short − My father’s body Sophie Cunningham − Places of shade Thomas Rye − Sea eagle dreaming Liz Thompson & Ben Rosenzweig − Permanent residency not sold separately, education not included Fiction Shane Strange − Fiveash David McLaren − An odd sort of absence Virginia Peters − The fat man Warren Barker − Devil take the child (online only) (PDF) Reviews Kerry Leves − poetry Peter Mitchell − Marion May Campbell Keri Glastonbury − Tom Cho Tom O’Lincoln − politics Poetry Kate Fagan − Authentic Nature Claire Gaskin − walking away Martin Harrison − this rain Hugh Tolhurst − HMAS Musicianship Caroline Williamson − Winter morning Nick Whittock − barbados − pilates of the caribbean Jal Nicholl − The doorkeeper Les Wicks − Terminal One Duncan Hose − Sat. morning Sam Langer − Rome 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 […]
