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in which things finally start to click

October 20, 2017 Laura MauroLeave a comment

University, Week 3. I'd be lying if I said it was getting any easier, or that I no longer have to read texts two, three, four times before I begin to understand them (get stuffed, James Joyce). But...and I say this tentatively, not least because the OCD gremlins might hear it and put the mockers*… Continue reading in which things finally start to click

I know one thing: that I know nothing

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Laura Mauro4 Comments

My MA classes started two weeks ago and while some of the initial trepidation (read: screaming anxiety) has mercifully dissipated, I still feel rather daunted by the whole thing. This week, while reading a Karl Marx essay, followed by a Dorothy Richardson short story, I felt very much as though I had forgotten how to… Continue reading I know one thing: that I know nothing

Adventures in University Study

July 27, 2017 Laura MauroLeave a comment

As some may already be aware, I am finally embarking on a Master’s degree in October, ten years after graduating from Middlesex University’s ‘Creative and Media Writing’ degree programme. This time, I’ll be studying ‘Modern and Contemporary Literature’ at Birkbeck – a university which offers part-time study and evening classes, which is essential as I… Continue reading Adventures in University Study

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“With its well-honed prose, this collection shows us a writer who is focused intimately on the seams in a naturalistic present through which otherworldly pains—and a few pleasures—leak.” – Locus Magazine

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