Janine Bradbury announced New Generation Thinker

From hundreds of applications, these New Generation Thinkers represent some of the best early career researchers in the country. They will be given the opportunity to share their pioneering research with BBC Radio 4 listeners, as well as being provided with unique access to training and support from the AHRC and BBC.

An award-winning poet and critic, Janine Bradbury’s research and creative practice is wide-ranging. Her work on Grace Jones, American professional wrestling, passing-for-white, comedy, Toni Morrison, and motherhood has been published by Bloomsbury, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, the Guardian, the Young Vic Theatre and elsewhere, and she has contributed to BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and Great Lives.  Her current work explores the relationship between love, feeling, and reading. Her debut poetry pamphlet Sometimes Real Love Comes Quick and Easy (2024, ignitionpress) explores sentimentality.

You can read the University's full press release here.