The Happiness of Saudade
Saudade is a famously untranslatable Portuguese word. It refers to the feeling of melancholic longing or nostalgia for a place,…
Is Nostalgia Always Comfortable?
By Zara Ishka Nostalgia can be a beautiful thing. There is something so special about the feeling and how deep…
Time Travel and the Senses
The smell of dew on the grass at early morning netball games. The taste of my grandma’s ever-famous lemon meringue…
Nostalgia
SUBMISSIONS TO THE 2025 USYD ANTHOLOGY ARE NOW OPEN! Writers of USYD, we’re excited to announce the call for submissions…
You Are Here
When I was around ten years old I used to call myself Lola. When I think about it now, I…
Our Shrinking World: Belonging in the Digital Age
The world is getting smaller, or so the saying goes. With the rise of technology, we can now travel to…
The Artistic Dilemma
You’d think that having a theme would make it easy… When we are free to create, we pray for an…
Warm-up exercises for approaching a blank page
“Write everyday if you can, no matter how awful you think it is. Just keep doing it.” – Margaret Atwood …
