CB Mako Archives - Verity La

Hiding within the Diaspora with a Sharky Pen Name
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Verity La May 7, 2019 Discoursing Diaspora, Nonfiction

Edited by Ivy Alvarez When I first wrote fanfiction in 2013, then transitioned to nonfiction in 2016, I knew I would continue writing using a pen name. My grandfather had …

Black Lazarus (Maxine Beneba Clarke)August 1, 2010
It was close to six by the time Sonny finished up at the Basement. The twenty wedged deep down in his pocket, he made his way to his leafleting post ... Read More
New and Enticing Shapes: Andrew Galan’s That Place of Infested Roads (life during wartime)March 29, 2014
Review by Nigel Featherstone What is it that we are to make of poetry, especially in an era when even well-written and relevant fiction is being ignored for reality cooking ... Read More
Like Light (Jayne Marshall)September 29, 2017
(Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) My head is full of metaphors for him. His proximity pulls down hard on my stomach, the solid ground spins beneath me, a face travels slowly ... Read More