Second year Creative Writing student, Sofia Evans, shares her writing which explores the idea of abbreviating the words ‘I love you’. R u Serious? What is in a few missing letters, when we say it with all our hearts affection and more? The idea that the English language was created […]
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The Verse’s Ciara Brennan reviews If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin (published in 1974 by Dial Press): “a 5/5 (…) this tale of systematic racism, and the power of love, is one we should all take heed of.” When 19-year-old Tish’s 22-year-old lover Fonny is arrested for a […]
The Verse’s Konstantina Gkertsou showcases her poem ‘Playing the player’s game’ for us. He has the smell of a rainy night,An aroma mixed with every toxic habit,Sweet and forbidden,As if it was warning you of the danger. While you get lost in the rhythm,Move your hips against hisMake your fantasies […]
The Verse’s Alice Giraudi previews the Still I Rise event at the Brighton Dome. This will be happening for Brighton Festival on 22nd May 2019. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise I’ll always remember the first time I read a […]
The Verse’s Kerrie Draghi tells us what she thinks of the author Gillian Flynn and her strong female characters. Author of Sharp Objects, Dark Places and Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn writes unlikeable women. Her female characters are damaged, dysfunctional, vengeful and sometimes murderous. I’ve watched a lot of ‘vengeful women’ […]
