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A YEAR OF BOOKS [2022]

Happy New Year! I hope that 2023 brings each of you good health, security and stability, love, productivity, and pure … More

2022, a year of books, best books of 2022, books, listicle, literary fiction, memoir, non-fiction, novels, poems, poetry, poetry books, readers, reading, reading list, women writers

Want

“What do you want?” “I want to chew on your bones // to go back to 2008 and stop her … More

addiction, CNF, creative writing, life, memoir, mental illness, poem, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, relationships, writing

Ways In Which Your Body Stopped You From Living Your Dreams

You wanted to be a prima ballerina but childhood malnourishment & dire poverty made your bones too weak, your tiny … More

addiction, body, childhood, dreams, mental illness, poem, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, self harm, writing

A YEAR OF BOOKS [2021]

As with last year, I kept a list of every book I read (for pleasure, not work) throughout 2021. In … More

2021, a year of books, book lovers, book reviews, books, list, readers, reading, reading list, reviews, year in review

Things The Narrator Does in ‘History of Present Complaint’

– hits a policeman in the face – forgets what humans are – believes she’s a microwave meal – wins … More

book, books, CNF, debut, memoir, mental health, mental illness, narrator, new books, poetry, poets, prose, real life, UK debut, writing

Mundane Things That Immediately Make Me Think of a Specific Dead Person

washing my hair over the edge of the bath / orange squash and/or lemonade / unscrewing, emptying, refilling a hot … More

daily life, death, existence, family, friends, grief, list, listicle, loss, memory, poem, poetry, writing

A YEAR OF BOOKS [2020]

In January I decided to keep a list of every book I read (for pleasure, not work) throughout 2020. In … More

2020 reads, 2020 review, a year of books, authors, book reviews, books, fiction, memoir, novels, poetry, poets, reading, reading list, review, women writers

Recent Publications

Here’s a roundup of some of the work I’ve had published in 2020 so far: Moondance (creative prose) In Parentheses … More

competitions, ezine, flash, flash fiction, lit journal, literary, magazine, magazines, poems, poetry, prose, publications, published, reading, short story, writing

14 Days

14 days of self-isolation, not because you are infected with the COVID-19 virus but because you: are seriously depressed // … More

addiction, books, coronavirus, covid19, depression, health, humour, illness, isolation, life, list, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, reading, sickness

Two Thousand and Nineteen

JANUARY NYE was disastrous: a big fight and an unforgivable text message. Boyfriend dumped me. Nights wandering around the city, … More

2019, art, books, breakdown, depression, experience, hospital, life, mental health, mental illness, poetry, psychosis, sectioned, truth, writing

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