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Vera Herself is a literary travel and culture publication from Istanbul, exploring bookstores, poetry, places, and the stories that make us feel at home in the world.
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- Sep 29, 2026
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When We Carry Ourselves, We May Become Emotional Refugees (opens the original)
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As I do every Sunday morning, I was reading ’s newsletter last Sunday. It always arrives around the same time of day, and I find myself making my Turkish coffee as the time approaches, usually around 12:30. I think I’ve been reading him since the very first week I joined the platform, and there have only been a few Sundays when I wasn’t there to read him as soon as the newsletter was published. On the days I couldn’t, I was probably traveling, sick, or in the middle of some unknown crisis.This w
“That time of year…when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 73 (opens the original)
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What we talk about when we talk about love? (opens the original)
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“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we’re talking about when we talk about love.” — Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love<sourc
“But hope still springs eternal, for soon will be the vernal, and love, once dead, will bloom as spirits raise.” (opens the original)
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Seasons change, and so do we.This week, on the 23rd of September, we will mark the autumn equinox, when day and night are almost equally divided. From then on, the days will gradually become shorter,… Read more
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.” (opens the original)
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The more thoughts have been occupying my mind over the last two weeks, the less capable I feel of putting them into words—which is rare for me, because I have never been someone who struggles to express my thoughts. Quite the opposite. I have always found my refuge in words. Read more
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