Published in Overland Issue Print Issue 198 Autumn 2010 · Main Posts Issue 198 Jeff Sparrow Contents Regulars Jeff Sparrow − Editorial Correspondence Essays Mungo MacCallum − Rudd and the boat people Meanland: Margaret Simons − Reading in an age of change Towards 200: Raewyn Connell − Bread and waratahs Lizzie O’Shea − Letters from death row CAL—Art and life: Simon Sellars − Hiding in plain sight * Brian Walters − Justice on trial Kevin Foster − Embedding control Michael Brull − But what about Zionism? Fiction Miriam Sved − Best and fairest Phillip Tang − Bits Tim Richards − Dog’s life Reviews Kerry Leves − The Children of Leonidas James Ley − A healthy diversity Vane Lindesay − Comic Commentators (web only) Poetry Duncan Hose − settler’s mess Michael Farrell − wide open road Anna Ryan-Punch − Differential Threshold Ryan Scott − Disquisition on Home Stuart Cooke − Your Sea Kevin Gillam − instructions mislaid Kate White − RE: Total inexactitude Matthew Hall − Set Maysoon Elnigoumi − A souqi Rebecca Giggs − The Easement 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 1 18 September 202618 September 2026 · Nakata Brophy Prize Announcing the final results of the 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers Editorial team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across […] 11 September 202611 September 2026 · Main Posts Announcing the 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers shortlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across […]
