Career
After leaving Société Anonyme, he was involved for some years in the group Civil Rights Defence. After completing a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Media at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 2007, Sparrow became a Research Fellow at Victoria University and the editor of the literary journal Overland. His work has appeared in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Overland, Arena, Meanjin and other print publications.
He contributes regularly to Crikey, New Matilda, American Broadcasting Company The Drum Unleashed and other online outlets.
In late 2009, he began co-hosting the Aural Text show on Melbourne radio station 3RRR with Alicia Sometimes.
