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Hustling the Hustlers (Jenny Hedley)

In July 2015, on a normal night’s work, a girl sat down next to me and urinated on her chair. I shoved the dancewear I was selling into suitcases to …

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Jenny Hedley

Riding the Bus in Denver (Sheila Black)

I rode the bus in Denver. I rode it early in the morning and late at night, and sometimes I waited a long time in the cold wind of December …

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Sheila Black

Michele Seminara Launches Sara Dowse’s WEST BLOCK

Buy West Block online from For Pity Sake Publishing  An Except From West Block FROM CASSIE ARMSTRONG’S DIARY 9 December 1977 I took one last look at night. It was …

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Michele SeminaraSara DowseWest Block

No Delicate Hands (Hasti Abbasi)

The girl next to me is wearing a flimsy red scarf with a triangular fold that shields her hair. She holds her hands up, cleaning her fingernails. The teenage boy …

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Hasti Abbasi

Voices of Women: Clearway

CLEARWAY (Corona): A Film of Stories We Live, Music We Imagine and Found Plastic Sculpture In March this year, Voices of Women was gearing up to present live performances of …

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Arna RadovichBellatrix ScottClaudette ClarkeDanae SweetappleFreya Schack-ArnottJessica ScottJulia ChristensenKirli SaundersLliane ClarkeRox De LucaSiân DarlingSuzy WildsVOICES OF WOMEN: Clearway (Corona)

What Choice (Susan McCreery)

Edited by Michelle McLaren Sour owner brings me my cup. Perhaps it’s my demeanour that provokes his demeanour. Or that fact that I am not a bat-eyed dew-skin (there goes …

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Susan McCreery

Under the Corn (Emma Maguire)

I am picking soft tomatoes from the vine when I see the old woman for the first time. Our house squats stubbornly among cornfields that stretch far and flat to …

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Emma Maguire

Because Once More (Natasha Rai)

Edited by Michelle McLaren Driving to work this morning, I think about Ben. It’s been eight months since he vanished. The longest he’s ever been away. Can’t he bring himself …

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Natasha RaiVerity La

Knives (Ben Walter)

(Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) In our house right now the most popular show is the cooking one produced in jail. The inmates are not allowed knives which makes the whole …

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Ben WaltersLaura McPhee-Browne

My Ins and Outs with Closets (Patricia Dwyer)

Every spring I clean out my closet. I open the windows and enjoy a whiff of lilac, pack up suits I no longer wear, and pile up winter sweaters to …

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Patricia Dwyer
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