Edited by Ramon Loyola Wenzhou, China — January 2017 Ye Ye, my paternal grandfather, sits silently in the living room, seemingly weighed down by multiple layers of thick jackets, wool and …
Blemished (Andy Jackson)
Blemished from the Rabbinic scriptures and a Buzzfeed article A hunched back could be a misshapen eyebrow. Withered could also be dwarf. Some of our problems are to do with …
BEYOND THE FICTIONAL FRAME: an interview with Anthony Uhlmann
Interviewer: Anthony Macris In his role as Professor of literature and creative writing at Western Sydney University, Anthony Uhlmann has spent much of his career writing about the connection between literature …
THE BUILDING BLOCK BOY (Joe Davies)
The room was large, high-ceilinged and poorly lit. There was a lamp on the desk and another beside the mattress in the corner, both were on, but the light they …
Jandamarra (Brenda Saunders)
High walls of sound ring the gorge once more children whisper sacred notes in language sing to heal their wounded land, call up the Unggud Junba. A Great Snake returns …
Make Me (Janet Marie Rogers)
Artist’s Statement ‘Make Me’ is an erotic poem with a developed performance which borrows from Indigenous ceremony and brings in sensuous elements that exemplify the grounded and tactile nature …
DREAMING INSIDE: Phillip Hall Reviews VOICES FROM JUNEE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE VOLUME 5
Dreaming Inside is a powerful and important project brought to fruition by the hard work and vision of Aunty Barbara Nicholson. Aunty Barb has coordinated a partnership between The Black …
Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) (Jesse Rice-Evans)
after Grey’s Anatomy S13E16 If you’re having second thoughts, remember that it happens to all of us: knowing that sitting in windowless rooms becomes normal; the smeared latinate language that …
SONDER SECLUSION (Faizan Adil)
Artist’s Statement Sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Seclusion: the state of being private and away from other …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 11: Andy Jackson
ANDY JACKSON: In this episode of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, Podcast Producer Alice Allan talks with Andy Jackson, author of Music our bodies can’t hold. Andy discusses what it …