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OVERLAND 190
ISBN 978-0-9775171-7-6
autumn 2008
launched 19 March 2008
In a first for any Australian literary journal, Overland announces its intention to publish an original full-length novel, to be distributed both to subscribers and sold in bookshops. The search for a suitable manuscript is intended to highlight the difficulties facing literary authors and the need for imaginative publishing solutions.
These themes dominate Overland 190, released on 19 March 2008.
In a major new essay, Mark Davis expands on his work in Gangland and elsewhere to discuss the relationship between the free market and an independent publishing sector upon which literary writers increasingly rely.
Emmy Hennings and Jenny Lee bring different perspectives to the steady march of electronic publishing. Will the e-book replace its paper counterpart and, if so, does it matter?
Many critics see poetry as a form in terminal decline. Tom Clark disagrees. He suggests it has never been more important and he draws support from an unexpected source – the speeches of former PM John Howard.
Clive Hamilton, one of Australia’s most important public intellectuals, responds to critics on his Left in a discussion of commodification, climate change and political strategy.
NT based poet Jennifer Mills contributes a personal essay about the intervention into Indigenous communities, comparing Australia’s efforts with the process of reconciliation in South Africa.
Historian Andrew Moore uncovers the strange case of Frank Browne and Ray Fitzgerald, two men imprisoned without trial by the Australian parliament. What does their case tell us about the civil liberties we take for granted?
Ben Kiernan & Taylor Owen, the preminent scholars of the Khmer Rouge, look at the relationship between genocide and US bombing campaigns, and issue a grim warning about Iraq.
Alastair Davidson, one of the ‘fathers’ of Gramsci studies, argues for a new approach to the history of the Left, while David Carlin, in a beautiful memoir, revisits an anguished family past.
Plus stories from Jessica Au, Pierz Newton-John and Richard Lawson, the winning poems from the Overland magazine Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, reviews and more.
Enquiries to JEFF SPARROW or
KALINDA ASHTON on 03 9919 4163
or email overland@vu.edu.au or jeff.sparrow@vu.edu.a
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