Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet are just what an aspiring writer needs to read…
Author Archives: g.m.writes
Book Review: Margaret Atwood // Dearly
In her latest poetry anthology Margaret Atwood beautifully grapples with loss and grief
Why ‘Said’ Should No Longer Be Taboo.
Why I fell in love with the word ‘said’ after listening to Ali Smith’s Autumn and I think you should too.
Has The Pandemic Turned Us Into Sceptics?
How McEwan’s Novel reflects a Saturday we can no longer have, and we become what his protagonist yearns to be.
Cry A Little Louder
How Atwood’s Surfacing shows crying has no gender and is the most liberating sound we can make.
Hustling to Madness
How Death of a Salesman shows us that we are all still living in the American Dream and the importance of rest.
Can Billie Eilish Propel Philosophy Away from Old Men?
A new philosophical argument is emerging…
Finding Yourself in Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’
How Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other provided me with friends and a determination to ensure nothing stopped me from fulfilling my potential.
Why I Never Want to be a Mother…
How Stockett’s The Help made me equally hate and love my mother.
Are You A Disgrace?
How Coetzee’s novel Disgrace taught me that I was born a disgrace.
