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 Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. 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 First published in Overland Issue 228 11 November 202211 November 2022 Main Posts On the last day of Subscriberthon, our amazing online editor gives you one last (very good) reason to subscribe Editorial team What's in store for the last day of Subscriberthon? First published in Overland Issue 228 10 November 202210 November 2022 Main Posts On the second-last day of Subscriberthon, our favourite editor-duo give you reason #1002 to subscribe to Overland Editorial team What's in store for the second-last day of Subscriberthon?