Wrestling Emily Dickinson

You know what the worst thing about being a writer is? The absolute worst thing? Worse than the conflict between the need for constant prais...

Yesterday I had to 'represent', as I believe you young people say. Walking back from work, I saw a man in a van shouting at a woman ...

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The other day I was cleaning out a cupboard, and I found something I'd looked for and failed to find about a week ago: my old recording ...

Some more links to blogs discussing the Transgender Day of Remembrance on 20th November 09. Cheryl Morgan muses on, among other things, the ...

Here is a link. Please read it, and think about it. And think about this: Risk of being murdered for most people? 1 in 18,000 . Risk of bein...

Last week I fucked up. I stood in front of a small crowd in a room, read two poems which I then apologised for and fucked off the stage. Not...