i heat the stone until its eye opens invite its callus-scraped duct to extrude lava in sentences memory magma pushes through an axial sleeve from a thousand miles down to …
MALE IDENTITY AND THE DANGER OF PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS: an interview with Michael Mohammed Ahmad
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The Artistry of the Amputee Dancer (Lawrence Shapiro)
Darting eyes flicker back and forth across a barren stage The gazelle prance in rapid motion One lower extremity present One lower extremity absent Shock waves at the barren amputee …
The Tea Ceremony (Indigo Perry)
Once, after he’d confessed to another indiscretion, she got up and ran from the riverbank. When she reached the highway, she slowed down and walked, heartbeat steady by the time …
The Come Down (Kerri Shying)
Choosing Earring swishing fell from favour when the big fake ear vaginas started to get stretched in all good ears round town a whole damn generation missing the sensation of …
Spirit Maps: Cycles of Renewal (Juno Gemes & Robert Adamson)
Juno Gemes: I searched for a printer in photogravure for over twenty years before finding master printer Lothar Ostenberg. The photogravure process, which sees photographs etched into copper and printed …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 10: Eileen Chong
EILEEN CHONG: In this edition of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, Podcast Producer Alice Allan and Managing Editor Michele Seminara chat with Eileen Chong about her forthcoming book, Rainforest, out …
Secrets, Lies and Home Truths (Anne Casey)
(edited by Kathryn Hummel) Just under two years ago, I forged a slippery path along a forgotten country track half a mile from my family home in County Clare on …
A LIFE’S JOURNEY: Noel Tovey’s And then I found me
Review by Brenda Saunders Edited by Robyn Cadwallader And then I found me is the story of a creative and talented artist fulfilling his dream. Noel Tovey traces the challenges, …
Deadspeak (Jennifer Liston)
Deadspeak Lycanthrope It’s that time of the month again: time to open the lowest drawer of the dustiest dresser. Sit awhile. Gaze at gauze enfolding precious. Peel it back, fingers …