Subtext (Maxine Beneba Clarke)
when we say i don’t want to become my mother that isn’t an invitation to laugh thinking about your mother in law & maybe the way she talks too …
No Shelter (Andy Jackson)
Floating home from a poetry reading, fog and who I am closing in as I walk forward, I am still visible. A mostly full stubbie of beer, VB I suspect, …
AMONG THE POETS: an interview with Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson has been a consistent feature of Australian literature for well over a decade now. We might as well call him what he is: a landmark of Aussie performance …
Shopping for Girls (Tiggy Johnson)
It’s too late to get my daughter newborn stilettos a baby makeover cotton crop bras in size 0 or a romper to claim her daddy just wanted a blowjob. Perhaps …
A FIRST TASTE: an interview with Tiggy Johnson
A feature of Verity La will be interviews with writers we love. The first of these is Tiggy Johnson. Who, apart from being a co-founder and the editor of Page …
What We’ve Done (A.S. Patric)
so we took the rhyme out of poetry and the reason out of song we took rhythm out of voices chose flat, unpretentious faces and smiled in ways and days …
NEW CREATIVE ARTS JOURNAL COMING SOON!
Australia-based creative arts journal Verity La is a work-in-progress. Keep your ears open for news of the launch, which should be sometime very soon. Fingers crossed. Actually you might need …