English and Related Literature
Alumna publishes poetry book
Posted on 1 August 2019
Alumna Emily Willis studied English between 2013-2016 and was a co-founder of the online journal The Narrator. A launch party for her upcoming book Lizzie on the Rocks, published by Mudfog Press, will take place at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art on Thursday 29 August at 6pm.
The collection is a psychogeographical exploration of the North East coastline based on a return walk from Seaham to Redcar. The poems use objects which wash up on the beach as springboards for different narratives, encompassing a range of voices from different historical and contemporary contexts, and seek to bring out voices which have been historically marginalised or isolated.
Emily's poetry is also published by ‘Cadaverine’, ‘Egg Box’, ‘Gatehouse Press’, and ‘Ink, Sweat and Tears’ and won the Café Writers Norfolk Prize for Poetry. Her work was Shortlisted for the Crossing the Tees Short Story Competition in 2018.