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A friend at Caltech asks, are you a dilettante? You are not. You are very focussed, just not on PhD…
Brian McCabe recalls the unconventional teacher who encouraged his first outing as a poet. Brian McCabe recalls the early influences…
A writer in London has the ever-present possibility of going out of the door and into a space shared with…
He was a publisher of the old school. Full of himself, and expense account beanos. He was dressed for his…
Alice Albinia speaks with Ann Morgan about solo travel, prophetesses and female solidarity. Alice Albinia speaks with Ann Morgan about…
My dreams are often literary, occasionally disturbingly so, like that vivid encounter I had with R. S. Thomas before I…
What if Sir hates it? What if he’s disgusted by the bloodletting, the stakings and beheadings? Not only did you…
As you sit at your desk in Bristol Poly tapping away at that Amstrad, break off for a moment to…
Menna van Praag reflects on how her desire to please others suppressed her authenticity both on and off the page.…
Being an author is a little like stepping into a boxing ring; a few brief moments of adoration before the…
All of these embryonic works have titles and plots, and characters; some of them openings, and some of them, endings.…
Laura Barnett speaks with Ann Morgan about capturing moments, the power of detail and holding onto the book you want…
