Author: lisakellypoet

Lisa Kelly is half Danish, half deaf. Her pamphlet Bloodhound is published by Hearing Eye and she is a regular host of poetry evenings at the Torriano Meeting House, London. She has an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Lancaster University, and is the Chair of Magma Poetry.

Thanks to Modron Magazine and Glyn Edwards for Interviewing me about my poem, ‘In the Green Chapel’ for Writing on Nature and the Ecological Crisis

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MORE-THAN-HUMAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH LISA KELLY Posted on February 11, 2024by modronmagazinein #MoreThanHuman, Interviews Interview by Glyn Edwards Welcome to a new interview in our series on writing the #MoreThanHuman, a set of interviews with poets and writers on how they approach writing about the environment. The more-than-human is a phrase that seeks to side-step traditional nature-culture dualisms, and draw … Continue reading Thanks to Modron Magazine and Glyn Edwards for Interviewing me about my poem, ‘In the Green Chapel’ for Writing on Nature and the Ecological Crisis

The Authors’ Foundation and Authors’ Contingency Fund in 2023

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I was lucky enough to be awarded an Authors' Foundation Grant from the Society of Authors to help me complete my second Carcanet collection, The House of the Interpreter, during Covid lockdown at a time when freelance commissions dried up. I would recommend that writers apply as I was encouraged to do so. You never … Continue reading The Authors’ Foundation and Authors’ Contingency Fund in 2023

Blackbird and Beethoven chosen by Carol Rumen’s for poem of the week

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Thrilled and grateful that Carol Rumen's chose 'Blackbird and Beethoven' as poem of the week for her column in The Guardian newspaper with a wonderful analysis. You can read the poem and Carol's thoughts about the poem here. Thanks also to editor Zoe Brigley who first had faith in the poem and published it in … Continue reading Blackbird and Beethoven chosen by Carol Rumen’s for poem of the week