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Tag: literature

Wonderful, Miserable

*door opens* “Hello, my lov—” “JESUS CHRIST! You scared the fucking life out of me! I didn’t hear you come … More

books, conversation, depression, dialogue, friendship, happiness, home, life, literature, love, misery, reading, relationships, writing

Style

​Here’s my contribution for Day 24 of NaPoWriMo. Today’s prompt was to “write a poem inspired by a reference book.” … More

beauty, books, career, fashion, GloPoWriMo, knowledge, learning, literature, NaPoWriMo, poetry, prompt, publishing, reference, style, Vogue, writing

Here’s To Strong Women

Despite having attended an all girls’ school, my life is and always has been dominated by men. I have always … More

authors, books, feminism, literature, reading, women, women writers, writers

Pipe Dream

Shakespeare House, Chaucer Court, Wordsworth House, Coleridge Court… The only way I’ll ever know that I’ve truly “made it” as … More

Britain, dreams, education, fame, literature, London, poetry, prosetry, school, teenagers, tradition, writers, youth

050219

Father, I know you blamed yourself when Cambridge rejected me. I’d spent the months prior to my interviews falling in … More

academia, books, college, education, existentialism, family, grief, letter, life, literature, love, reading, school, university, writing

What To Read…

when you’re in the waiting room at the sexual health clinic with a bunch of judgmental, stressed-out women and obstreporous … More

books, death, faber, life, literature, NHS, publishing, reading, sex, sexual health, short stories

Soup

I had spent the week in the same way, lying in bed, flat on my back, arms straight by my … More

books, coping, depression, Hijacked Amygdala, literature, London, love, relationships, short prose

Sunday Funday

All you need is love spritzers, smokes, sunshine and stories.

books, habits, Kundera, life, literature, photo diary, reading, spring

When Life Gives You Lemons…

…just say, “Fuck the lemons!” and bail. …lose yourself in liquor and literature.

alcohol, books, drunk, go away, life, literature, photo, quotes, reading

SNL: Mauvishly Melancholy

I don’t always stay in on Saturday night but when I do I make sure that my literature matches my … More

books, coping, death, depression, fml, fuck off, grief, jewellery, life, literature, nails, whyyyy

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