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* Contents derived from the 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Why I Write, single work essay (p. 4-9)
- On Length and Literary Merit, single work essay (p. 10-11)
- The Future of Magazines, single work column (p. 19-24)
- On Writer's Block, single work essay (p. 25-32)
- Fancy Cuts : An Introduction, single work column (p. 33)
- Petals, single work short story (p. 34-40)
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Into the Woods,
single work
short story
(p. 41-47)
Jolene gives birth to a baby girl, Georgette, who she quickly discovers is deaf. Jolene struggles to understand Georgette's limitations, pushing her towards cochlear implants and learning to speak. Georgette, feeling isolated, drifts apart from her mother; she eventually finds a deaf family that exclusively signs. She leaves home to be with the deaf community that Jolene denies.
- Jellyfish, single work short story (p. 48-55)
- On Intimate Otherness, single work essay (p. 56-57)
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Migration, My Nation,
single work
criticism
(p. 77-81)'‘Sheer vicious ingratitude’ – Malcolm Turnbull’s attack on artists boycotting the Biennale of Sydney used a register Overland ought to find encouraging, biting the hand that feeds being one of the tasks and responsibilities for engaged and engaging arts. The experience of art, as Alison Croggon wrote in Overland 212, is ‘lodged inescapably in the body, and it can’t be abstracted without violence’.' (Introduction)
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Stephen’s Vector,
single work
essay
(p. 91-97)'Jim Davidson on Stephen Murray-Smith's progress to Overland.
- On Ghosts, single work essay (p. 98-99)
- A Portable Crushi"Riding on such instruments as a large aluminium", single work poetry (p. 100-101)
- Fadingi"conjecture", single work poetry (p. 102)
- Collected Melancholyi"a dead bee", single work poetry (p. 103-104)
- Thinking with Thingsi"Our time starts now", single work poetry (p. 105-106)
- Autumnal Hooki"What if Persephone remained a hard woman", single work poetry (p. 107)
- Goodbye to All Thati"Driving over Styx Creek, appropriately laden with heavy metal,", single work poetry (p. 108)
- Wind Shadowi"Terra incognita transfers across a plain,", single work poetry (p. 109)
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