I am a poet and lyricist. My writing practice tests the possibilities of reworking canonical myths, forms and ideas, and enters into a dialogue with these existing narratives, structures and registers. Oedipa, for example, reworks the myth of Oedipus and reimagines the narrative through the lenses of feminism and psychoanalysis. 24/7 Brexitland takes the language around Brexit and channels it into the form of an extended Lord's Prayer. Propositions is a sideways response to Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus.
In all of my work I use multiple voices and found phrases to explore the citational and contagious nature of spoken language. The way we experience identities within the context of power, place, language-use and gender are my abiding preoccupations. My practice is informed by my experiences as an autistic person with functional neurological disorder and long-term depressive illness. I am committed to making experimental work which inspires people to question social norms and consider alternative myths, narratives and ways of living.
As a performer I have appeared at venues including The Royal Exchange Theatre, The Arnolfini Gallery, The Open Eye Gallery, Edge Hill Arts Centre, Free Verse Poetry Book Fair and Poetry Emergency Festival. As an editor I have worked with New Welsh Review and MAI: Journal of Feminism and Visual Culture. In 2016 I won a Northern Writers' Award for Poetry.
Publications:
Oedipa (Guillemot Press, 2018: edition of 250) *sold out*
24/7 Brexitland (No Matter Press, 2020: edition of 100) *sold out*
Propositions (Monitor Books, 2020: edition of 150) *out of print*
Forthcoming Reissues:
Propositions (Monitor Books)
In all of my work I use multiple voices and found phrases to explore the citational and contagious nature of spoken language. The way we experience identities within the context of power, place, language-use and gender are my abiding preoccupations. My practice is informed by my experiences as an autistic person with functional neurological disorder and long-term depressive illness. I am committed to making experimental work which inspires people to question social norms and consider alternative myths, narratives and ways of living.
As a performer I have appeared at venues including The Royal Exchange Theatre, The Arnolfini Gallery, The Open Eye Gallery, Edge Hill Arts Centre, Free Verse Poetry Book Fair and Poetry Emergency Festival. As an editor I have worked with New Welsh Review and MAI: Journal of Feminism and Visual Culture. In 2016 I won a Northern Writers' Award for Poetry.
Publications:
Oedipa (Guillemot Press, 2018: edition of 250) *sold out*
24/7 Brexitland (No Matter Press, 2020: edition of 100) *sold out*
Propositions (Monitor Books, 2020: edition of 150) *out of print*
Forthcoming Reissues:
Propositions (Monitor Books)
