Review by Robert Goodman AS Byatt, the grand lady of English letters, is best known for her lengthy tomes exploring the minutiae of English life. As she admits in an …
The Petrov Poems: Booze (Lesley Lebkowicz)
He buys the lovely stuff duty-free as a diplomat. The spirits are sealed in their bottles like genies in jars. Bialoguski helps load up the car and they’re away. …
The Petrov Poems: Snake (Lesley Lebkowicz)
Dusya knows she looks good. Western clothes flirt with her hips and breasts while her blonde hair curls like a film star’s. She sees how men look. (They may …
The Petrov Poems: Canberra (Lesley Lebkowicz)
Over the coming weeks Verity La will be publishing a series of poems by Canberra-based poet Lesley Lebkowicz exploring the infamous Petrov Affair. The poems, ‘Canberra’, ‘Snake’, ‘Booze’, ‘A Charm . …
Duck Part 2 (Andrew Galan)
Two six-fingered blue arms loop around black, black, black boiling ink. It should not gawk; but with toes pigeoned around night’s dark dirt, the storm-cloud to salmon tulip is an …
DEFENDING KEY PRINCIPLES: an interview with Jeff Sparrow
ALEC PATRIC You’ve overseen a critical transition in what is arguably Australia’s most important literary journal—moving Overland from an exclusively ink & paper operation to a vigorous digital presence. You’ve …
White Goods (David Cohen)
So you have a question for me? I hope it’s about white goods. You are no doubt aware that I specialise in washers and, to a lesser extent, dryers. Look …
The leading role of simple things (Tristan Foster)
Australia is a big country but a small place, so when Nam Le’s 2008 short story collection The Boat won nearly every major literary prize in the land people were …
The Leading Role of Simple Things: Irma Gold's Two Steps Forward
Review by Tristan Foster Australia is a big country but a small place, so when Nam Le’s 2008 short story collection The Boat won nearly every major literary prize in …