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Issue Details: First known date: 2025... no. 256 Spring 2025 of Overland est. 1954 Overland
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'Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.' (Publication summary)

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* Contents derived from the 2025 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Farewell and a Poem from Poetry Editor Toby Fitch (2015-25), Toby Fitch , single work essay (p. 3-10)
What Size Is My Baby Poemi"Your baby is the size of a pollen grain.", Toby Fitch , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Resonances, Daniel Browning , single work essay
The politics of memory - who and what we remember, who and what we forget - and the nexus between power and those events which, no matter how disconnected, are constructed as a nation's 'history': these themes echo strongly in the anticolonial work of Swiss-Hatian artist Sasha Huber. Here, work is not a metaphor. 'It's not art', Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens says, 'its bloody work.' Like Dickens, who salvages discarded objects such as industrial farm machinery which seem to be burdened by - or implicated in - historical racism, there is nothing idle about Huber's approach to artmaking...' (from Introduction)
 (p. 11-27)
Incantationsi"they said they hated us and", Lucy Norton , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Brinki"I am a woman of the last century", Kate Lilley , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
I Am Born, My Gender Two Swansi"When I am born I bleed at the edges", Lily Holloway , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
The Most Democratic Artformi"see our honour", Tim Loveday , single work poetry
Author's note: In response to Richard Flanagan who called writing 'the most democratic artform' during a panel at the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival
 (p. 34-36)
Dust, Lilli Hayes , single work essay (p. 37-44)
You'll Find What You Need in the Gilgan Op Shop, Amalia Stone , single work short story (p. 45-58)
Exchangesi"Because Potatohead is free entry", Alex Sutcliffe , single work poetry (p. 60-63)
Coburg/Gnosticismi"The cockatoos are cameras", Jocelyn Deane , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
Poweri"It's only 3 minutes or 180 seconds until the bell,", Lulu Houdini , single work poetry (p. 66-68)
Daryl's Wombat Farm, Rowan MacDonald , single work short story (p. 69-79)
Impatient Politics and Urgency beyond This Present, Antonia Pont , single work essay (p. 80-108)
Queueing to Be Pilloriedi"Create from death, that's the only way. A series of", John Farrell , single work poetry (p. 109-112)
Speed, A Pastorali"last time i lived here i was working the", Ruby Connor , single work poetry (p. 114-116)
Paradice, Bethany Lalor , single work short story (p. 117-131)
Plant Hatred in Our Hearts, Sarah Wehbe , single work essay (p. 132-137)
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