MIR Editor

  • BOBBY, by Alison Theresa Gibson

    Do you remember the day we met? You were driving a truck with CWA imprinted on the side. Country Women’s Association.

  • THE RHYTHM, by Anu Pohani

    It’s English class. You sit behind me. I start the note. Something simple. Not witty, how about – ‘good weekend?’ Your precise handwriting comes back, ‘pretty good. Soccer game.’

  • PJ HARVEY READS ORLAM AT CONWAY HALL, Reviewed by Amy Ridler

    Orlam is an exploration of Dorset myth, woven into the changing of the seasons. There are two worlds in Orlam – The first is the real world (farm), the second world is made of dreams and visions (the woods).

  • GRASS, by Emma Purshouse

    He’s trying to blank me, but when it becomes clear I’m not going anywhere, he answers, easing his hood up to cover his brass neck and baseball cap as he does so.