Published in Overland Issue Print Issue 199 Winter 2010 · Main Posts Issue 199 Rjurik Davidson Contents Regulars Rjurik Davidson − Editorial Correspondence Towards 200: Sean Scalmer and Jackie Dickenson − The march of the insider CAL—Art and Life: Zanny Begg − I don’t know much about revolution but I know what I like * Meanland: Emmett Stinson − The pirate code Essays Cate Kennedy − Driven to distraction Michael Hyde − Getting out of the boat Tad Tietze − The Greens, the crisis and the Left Thomas Caldwell − Some of the finest films Seb Prowse − Political treasures Andrew McCann − The eventfulness of Roberto Bolaño John McLaren − The forest and its undergrowth Maxine Clarke − White Australia has a blackface history (online only) Barry Scott − Giving writers a voice (online only) Poetry Prize Keri Glastonbury − Networked communities Derek Motion − forest hill Duncan Hose − SOUTHWEST | lyrebird Fiction Carmel Bird − Waiting for the green man A S Patric − Beckett & Son Reviews Pam Brown − Villain, Views of the Hudson, Beautiful Waste, Wimmera Tom Clark − Bendable Learnings Poetry Cameron Fuller − There’s a bomb on this train of thought Sue Watson − Brush turkey’s J K Murphy − Valley gutter John Kinsella − Resurrection Plants at Nookaminnie Rock π.o. − Gerry Gee / Ron Blaskett Adam Ford − Salt Josephine Rowe − The Man Who Shot Lions Amanda Surrey − the great ocean road Cover Zanny Begg Rjurik Davidson Rjurik Davidson is a writer, editor and speaker. Rjurik’s novel, The Stars Askew was released in 2016. Rjurik is a former associate editor of Overland magazine. He can be found at rjurik.com and tweets as @rjurikdavidson. More by Rjurik Davidson › 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 […]
