Published in Overland Issue 228 Spring 2017 · Uncategorized If you think Chris Edwards In industrialised societies (I say this to his daily activities (setting off alarm bells (wherever mere comes in (he ascribes to his amateurism the right to be a damned fool preconstructing the patriarchy (a little man’s face shows doubt and perspiration becomes more and more the exclusive province (in whose eyes one might ask (incidentally this brings me back to the point whereupon we gaze with scant knowledge of the matriarch’s views at the very words pastime and amateur (which in their darker moments are recognisable to no one (like the Elizabethans and Jacobeans they refute Prince Charles as a menace (e.g. white water rafting, stamp collecting, surfing the internet freely without them (it was all but trifling nonsense anyone could see it was Theory (totally professional (well I know you need the money if you think you can (keep it up Read the rest of Overland 228 If you enjoyed this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year Chris Edwards Chris Edwards is a Sydney-based poet whose publications include People of Earth and After Naptime, both from Vagabond Press. More by Chris Edwards › 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 17 January 202517 January 2025 · rape culture Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape Emmy Rakete The interactions between Gaiman, Palmer, Pavlovich, and the couple’s young child are all outlined in Shapiro’s article. There is, though, another figure in the narrative whom the article does not name. Auckland city itself is a silent participant in the abuse that Pavlovich suffered. Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is a story about Auckland. 20 December 202420 December 2024 · Reviews Slippery totalities: appendices on oil and politics in Australia and beyond Scott Robinson Kurmelovs writes at this level of confusion and contradiction for an audience whose unspoken but vaguely progressive politics he takes for granted and yet whose assumed knowledge resembles that of an outraged teenager. There should be a young adult genre of political journalism to accommodate books like this.
