Welcome to the new series for the Meanjin blog, ‘Art and…’. Each issue, we plan to reflect on our most recent theme by asking our contributors for great examples of art and literature the theme has inspired in the past. This month is politics with Omar Sakr and Melissa Lucashenko.

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