# Verity La Journal: Be Brave

> Verity La La is an on\-line, no\-way\-for\-profit, creative arts journal, publishing short fiction and poetry, cultural comment, photomedia

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## Pages
- [Creative Arts Journal](https://verityla.com/)
- [About](https://verityla.com/about/)
- [Shop](https://verityla.com/shop/)
- [Submissions Guidelines \(currently closed\)](https://verityla.com/submission-guidelines/)
- [Contact](https://verityla.com/contact/)

## Posts
- [Checking the Pots \(Kim Kenyon\)](https://verityla.com/2026/08/13/checking-the-pots-kim-kenyon/)
- [Faint Praise \(Mike Hopkins\)](https://verityla.com/2026/08/06/faint-praise-mike-hopkins/)
- [Without \(Ellen Shelley\)](https://verityla.com/2026/07/23/without-ellen-shelly/)
- [What Lies in Front of Us \(Victoria Kuttainen\)](https://verityla.com/2026/07/30/what-lies-in-front-of-us-victoria-kuttainen/)
- [Knock You Down; Lift You Up: Devika Brendon reviews 'That’s What They Do' by Koraly Dimitriadis](https://verityla.com/2026/07/16/knock-you-down-lift-you-up-devika-brendon-reviews-thats-what-they-do-by-koraly-dimitriadis/)

## Products
- [Suburban Fantasy](https://verityla.com/product/suburban-fantasy/): \<h6\>\<strong\>A FEMINIST EXPLORATION OF THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF SUBURBIA\</strong\>\</h6\>
\<p\>A startlingly frank take on modern femininity, Michele Seminara's \<span class="a\-text\-italic"\>Suburban Fantasy\</span\> combines finely crafted narratives with lyrical artistry and sure\-footed eloquence\. This is raw, fiery, firebrand feminist writing that manages to artfully co\-exist with giddying intimacy and poignant soul\-bearing\.\</p\>
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	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>Publisher ‏ : ‎ \</span\>UWA Publishing\</span\>\</li\>
	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>Publication date ‏ : ‎ \</span\>1 June 2021\</span\>\</li\>
	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>Language ‏ : ‎ \</span\>English\</span\>\</li\>
	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>Print length ‏ : ‎ \</span\>120 pages\</span\>\</li\>
	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>ISBN\-10 ‏ : ‎ \</span\>1760802077\</span\>\</li\>
	\<li\>\<span class="a\-list\-item"\>\<span class="a\-text\-bold"\>ISBN\-13 ‏ : ‎ \</span\>978\-1760802073\</span\>\</li\>
\</ul\>
\<p\>\<strong\>Read some poems from \<em\>\<a href="https://micheleseminara\.net/sample\-poems/" target="\_blank" rel="noopener"\>Suburban Fantasy\</a\>\</em\>\</strong\>\<br /\>
\<strong\>Read a review in \<em\>\<a href="https://www\.canberratimes\.com\.au/story/7518870/a\-disquieting\-romp\-behind\-suburban\-curtains/" target="\_blank" rel="noopener"\>The Canberra Times\</a\>\</em\>\</strong\>\</p\>
- [/PRAYER\.BIN: Fragmented Liturgies for the Digital Soul](https://verityla.com/product/prayer-bin/): \<p\>By Brentley Frazer\</p\>
\<p\>ISBN: 978\-0\-6483713\-5\-9\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="font\-size: 12pt;"\>Paperback, 97 pages, softcover, illustrated, perfect bound\. Postage: $7 in Australia, $15 international\</span\>\</p\>
- [Truth In The Cage](https://verityla.com/product/truth-in-the-cage/): \<p style="text\-align: justify;"\>You can find my whole life in my poems, like a letter to God\. – \<strong\>Mohammad Ali Maleki\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p style="text\-align: justify;"\>Written from within Manus Island’s detention centre, where Mohammad was incarcerated for over five years, \<em\>Truth in the Cage\</em\>, translated by fellow Manus Island detainee Mansour Shoshtari and edited by \<em\>Verity La\</em\> managing editor Michele Seminara\<em\>,\</em\> is a powerful work of personal and political poetry\.\</p\>
\<p\>You can read sample poems from \<em\>Truth in the Cage\</em\> \<a href="https://verityla\.com/2017/06/20/truth\-in\-the\-cage\-mohammad\-ali\-maleki/" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"\>here,\</a\> and a review of the book \<a href="https://verityla\.com/2018/12/07/hearts\-words\-in\-exile\-janet\-galbraith\-reviews\-truth\-in\-the\-cage\-by\-mohammad\-ali\-maleki\-plus\-a\-poetic\-film\-based\-on\-mohammads\-poem\-brother\-directed\-by\-sian\-darling/" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"\>here\</a\>\. \</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="font\-size: 12pt;"\>Chapbook, 24 pages, softcover\. Postage: $7 in Australia, $15 international\</span\>\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="font\-size: 14pt;"\>\<strong\>All profits from the sale of the book go directly to Mohammad\. \</strong\>\</span\>\</p\>
\<p\>Prefer an eBook? \<a href="https://amzn\.asia/d/9IDLZis" target="\_blank" rel="noopener"\>Click here to get your copy from Amazon\.\</a\>\</p\>
- [Grief For Hire](https://verityla.com/product/grief-for-hire/): \<p\>By Alise Blayney\</p\>
\<p\>Edited by Michele Seminara\</p\>
\<p\>ISBN: 978\-0\-6483713\-1\-1\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="font\-size: 12pt;"\>Chapbook, 24 pages, softcover\. Postage: $7 in Australia, $15 international\</span\>\</p\>
\<p\>Prefer an eBook? \<a href="https://www\.amazon\.com\.au/dp/B0DMZN69PF?ref\_=cm\_sw\_r\_ffobk\_cp\_ud\_dp\_1P0X4NRSMS2V99G2ETA4\&bestFormat=true" target="\_blank" rel="noopener"\>Click here to get your copy from Amazon\.\</a\>\</p\>
- [Stop All The Clocks](https://verityla.com/product/stop-all-the-clocks/): \<p\>By Magan Magan\</p\>
\<p\>Edited by Michele Seminara \</p\>
\<p\>ISBN: 978\-0\-6483713\-4\-2\</p\>
\<p\>\<span style="font\-size: 12pt;"\>Chapbook, 36 pages, softcover, perfect bound\. Postage: $7 in Australia, $15 international\</span\>\</p\>
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## Categories
- [Heightened Talk](https://verityla.com/category/poetry/heightened-talk/)
- [Vault](https://verityla.com/category/vault/)
- [Poetry](https://verityla.com/category/poetry/)
- [Lies to Live By](https://verityla.com/category/fiction/lies-to-live-by/)
- [Lighthouse Yarns](https://verityla.com/category/lighthouse-yarns/)

## Tags
- [Michele Seminara](https://verityla.com/tag/michele-seminara/)
- [Poetry](https://verityla.com/tag/poetry/)
- [Robert Goodman](https://verityla.com/tag/robert-goodman/)
- [Nigel Featherstone](https://verityla.com/tag/nigel-featherstone/)
- [Mark William Jackson](https://verityla.com/tag/mark-william-jackson/)

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- [literature](https://verityla.com/product-tag/literature/)
- [illustrated](https://verityla.com/product-tag/illustrated/)

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