“Even out there at the tip of the Llyn peninsula, with Bardsey Sound beneath me, the bleakness of our environmental predicament felt inescapable. I envied [Plath] not writing under that weight.”
Content warning: mention of suicide
Author: Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana’s first collection, Sing me down from the dark, was published by SALT in 2022 and is in its 3rd issue. She was longlisted for the 2023 National Poetry Competition and highly commended in the Winchester Prize. She regularly teaches for The Writing School and specialises in Japanese forms.
Betty Doyle: How I Wrote ‘Announcements’
“It raced through my mind, unlocking all the bars, yelling ‘no compromise – you must and can and will write’”
Content warning: pregnancy loss, childlessness