REFLECTION: As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, Dunja Kaczmarek narrates her realisation of having to miss her dear friend’s wedding overseas.
Category: Thoughts + Stories
Love in a time of COVID-19
THOUGHT PIECE: In the lead-up to her wedding, Anna Koestenbauer reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on our fragile global inter-connectedness.
On the bench
SHORT STORY: On a rainy day, Wafaa and Afsar wait for a bus home from the doctor’s.
My Bella Copia
MEMOIR: Jane Kelly Amerson López remembers her early days in a new Italian school – an American kid getting a handle on Italian dictation.
Smoke and memories
MEMOIR: In the midst of a bushfire-ridden Canberra summer, Dunja Kaczmarek traces her family’s past through treasured items.
Year three of be:longing – Digging deeper
YEAR IN REVIEW: Editors-in-Chief of be:longing, Dunja and Jasmine, reflect on the publication’s third year.
On the other side
MEMOIR: A rail trip through Europe reminds Vesna Cvjetićanin of her childhood in Yugoslavia, spent daydreaming near the train tracks.
Arranged
REFLECTION: Geetanjali Sharma grapples with her mum’s disconnection from her post-India world.
A difficult fear
REFLECTION: Sanjaya Fernando recounts a recent interaction, pondering the effect that internalised fears can have on interpersonal relationships.
Farewell to my surname
REFLECTION: Dunja Cvjetićanin farewells her beloved surname, on the eve of welcoming another.
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