Published in Overland Issue 204 Spring 2011 · Main Posts Issue 204 Jeff Sparrow Contents Regulars Jeff Sparrow − Editorial Anwyn Crawford Alison Croggon Rjurik Davidson Features Malalai Joya − Interview Get out of Afghanistan now! John Martinkus − ‘Kidnapped in Iraq, attacked in Australia’ Journalism in a time of war Eve Vincent− Life in limbo The cruelty of mandatory detention Jessica Whyte − ‘The long night of the Left is drawing to a close’ Communism after communism John Kinsella − A rural diary Pages from a poet’s notebook Jennifer Mills – How to write about Aboriginal Australia A handy guide Bruce Mutard – Gwen Kelly’s ‘The birthday boy’ A re-imagining of a story from Overland 5 Kirsten Tranter – Refiguring fiction Feminism and China Miéville Peter Kirkpatrick – A one-man writer’s festival On the poetry of Clive James Andy Worthington – When America changed forever Human rights ten years after 9/11 Richard Seymour – What was that all about? The meaning of the war on terror CAL Connections:Ellena Savage – ‘My flesh turned to stone’ • The politics of trauma Meanland: Emmett Stinson − Vanity Fair Self-publishing in a digital age Fiction Jacinda Woodhead − How to tell if you’re the red herring Charlotte Wood − Animal People Anthony Panegyres − Reading coffee Poetry Elizabeth Allen − Two Years On Liam Ferney − Before Autumn Peter Rose – Stuff of Sleep and Dreams John Leonard – After Rain Jill Jones – Misinterpretations /or The Dark Grey Outline Luke Beesley – Peregrine Falcon Adam Formosa – The twin stacks Judy Durrant – gladstone bag Nathan Curnow – excluding guns and ammo Ann Vickery – at Heatherlie Quarry Brenda Saunders – Toyota Dreaming Cover Reeham Hakem from Crooked Rib Art, photographs by Lisa Fletcher • Supported by Copyright Agency Limited Cultural Fund 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 […]
