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February 6, 2023

Caring, by Kate Jackson

Shortly after I left my job, a friend said she was surprised, she thought I cared. I told her I left because I cared.
February 1, 2023

The Roses and the Weeds, by Elinora Westfall

Fiction: “She wishes that she had kept a written record of all the epic bloody nonsense that has come out of his mouth over the years because she could have gained some kind of minor social media fame and parleyed a book deal out of it to boot: Shit My Stupid Shag Buddy Says.”
January 20, 2023

Rooster, by Nikzad Nourpanah

Fiction: “One of the guards tried to calm me down. ‘We’re just doing our job, following the rules. The ladies have complained.’ And then he added jokingly, ‘dear engineer, you do know this place is not completely private, it’s ‘privastate’ as we call it…’ and then burst into laughter at their own stupid wordplay, spraying his saliva on my face. Last year, they also harassed me for wearing sandals with no socks.”

Writing Life

January 4, 2023

What the wounded heart attempts – review: The Illustrated Woman, by Helen Mort

"I’ll state up front: I love Helen Mort’s poetry. Her writing is taut, lyrical, kind, brave, intelligent, beautiful."
December 22, 2022

The Fish, by Joanna Stubbs – Review

"If Stubbs set out explore how humans have the capacity to worry about ‘big existential events’ when they also face everyday problems, she has succeeded."
December 8, 2022

PJ Harvey Reads Orlam at Conway Hall

Harvey inhabits the farm, then the woods, building the world for the audience as she goes.

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