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Do You Have Good Taste? Ione Gamble and ‘The Polyester Book of Bad Taste’ Have the Answer
Polyester Zine has been pushing the kitsch agenda since it launched in 2014, encouraging readers to “Have faith in your…
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Claire Daverley: Writing ‘People in Love’ Was Like ‘Real-Life Magic’
Claire appears on my laptop screen in front of a wall-sized bookshelf, looking out over a Scottish loch.
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‘Bait’ Explores Desire, Boredom and Violence Through The Eyes Of A 13-Year-Old Girl
“Is there anything more to say?” Jailbait, Lolita, nymphette, tease — the Lolita-bites-back narrative through the eyes of a 13-year-old…
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Want a Baby? Niamh Campbell Has a Message for You
About twenty minutes into my conversation with Niamh Campbell, a baby cries out into the dark room.
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Ten Books That Unravel Marilyn Monroe’s Life
Marilyn Monroe, born 100 years ago today, lived many lives and went by many names.
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This Literary Salon Celebrates Leeds’ DIY Music Scene in a Dive Bar
Somewhere between the neon-lit restaurants and sticky-floored karaoke rooms of New Briggate, there’s a cluttered dive bar called Wax.
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Jem Calder’s ‘I Want You To Be Happy’ is the Doom-Pilled Romance of Our Times
Joey – girl, 23, barista – meets Chuck – man, 35, copywriter – at a bar.
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Did Emily Dickinson ever really die?
One-hundred-and-forty years ago today, Emily Dickinson’s body was carried through a field of buttercups to her final resting place.
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Reading the Season: Summer
With summer fast approaching and the potential for reading in a park, or even by a pool, getting ever more…
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In Other People’s Children, Faccini Unravels the Burden of Family Histories
Speaking with author Ben Faccini, he tells me that writing his third and latest novel, Other People’s Children, felt like…
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Sending the First Cherokee Woman to the Moon with Eliana Ramage
Eliana Ramage is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, a new mom, a writer, and a queer person.
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Graeme Richardson: The Times’ Poetry Critic Has Finally Published His Own Collection
Graeme Richardson chuckles to himself while remembering how grateful he was to be published by a company that he has…
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