A Woman Talks to Her Tongue
by Alison Gorman
Sometimes I wonder if the cat has caught you,
swallowed you like an oily sardine.
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The latest poetry, fiction, essays, art and reviews from Verity La.
- A Woman Talks to Her Tongue (Alison Gorman)A Woman Talks to Her Tongue 1. Sometimes I wonder if the cat has caught you, ...
- The Intellectual Dark Web (Jamie Q Roberts)The Postmodern Approach to Truth With the rise of Postmodernism, the veneration of truth, reasoning and evidence came to be ...
- Shrove Tuesday (Lucas Smith)My coconut flour pancakes were a failure. Although I had followed the recipe in I Can’t Believe It’s Not Gluten ...
- Unsettling Honesties: Anne Casey’s ‘Portrait of a Woman Walking Home’ reviewed by Gillian SwainPortrait of a Woman Walking Home is a slim book, but it is not a light read. The book has ...
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