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  • To Sing of War (Catherine McKinnon)To Sing of War (Catherine McKinnon)
    December 1944 1 Lotte Nialu She hears singing: one lone voice at first, clear and resonant, a tenor, then others join in, and the song rises and falls, until it ... Read More
  • The Monologue Adventure: Voices of Women 2019The Monologue Adventure: Voices of Women 2019
    Women have always had powerful stories to share. The everyday is their stage and they survive on a journey of emotional reconciliation within themselves, navigating both the society they live ... Read More
UNpersoned Podcast

Tune in to the UNpersoned Podcast where managing editor Michele Seminara unpacks what's happening in the arts and literary scenes with guests from Australia and around the world. 

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The Vault

Fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism published in Verity La since 2013.

An archive of writing committed to artistic independence, freedom of expression, and resistance to ideological conformity.
  • WRITING BACKWARDS: Susan Hawthorne’s Dark MattersWRITING BACKWARDS: Susan Hawthorne’s Dark Matters
    Review by Lucy Alexander Edited by Robyn Cadwallader What if it was you who were woken by the crash of your door falling in the early hours of morning? Just ... Read More
  • The Permit (Eran Asoulin)The Permit (Eran Asoulin)
    (edited by Kathryn Hummel) We stopped at a car park on the Israeli side of the Kalandia checkpoint near Jerusalem, through which one must pass in order to enter Ramallah. ... Read More

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