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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Books of the Year 2023
Books of the Year
Contributors and friends of the magazine reflect on what they read in 2023.
In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation
Mary Jean Chan & Andrew McMillan
The authors of Flèche and physical discuss the state of queer poetry in Britain, how to make poetry alive and what an anthology can mean.
In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation
Natasha Brown & Victoria Adukwei Bulley
A discussion about exhaustion, refusal and the beginner’s mindset.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Daddy Issues
Katherine Angel
‘We need to keep the modern, civilised father on the hook.’
In Conversation | Issue 126
Interview
Fiona Benson & Rachael Allen
‘I’ve always wanted to write from the gut, to write instinctively rather than cerebrally.’
In Conversation | Issue 126
Rhyme and Reason
Katha Pollitt & Adam Gopnik
‘I write for people who like poetry. The people who don’t like poetry are on their own.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation
Avni Doshi & Sophie Mackintosh
‘I do wonder to what extent writing about motherhood is actually writing about being mothered’.
Essays & Memoir | Issue 129
Frankenstein’s Mother
Darcey Steinke
‘If pain is what makes others real to us, there was not another human being more real to me than my mother.’
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Issue 129
Over There
Various Contributors
Americans, speaking of foreign lands, often say, 'It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.'
Essays & Memoir | Issue 129
Dear Tyrant
Riccardo Orizio
‘The deposed emperor was in shock. He spent his days playing, at maximum volume, a patriotic record’
