The Second Light Network aims to promote, encourage and highlight women poets, who traditionally have been underrepresented in the 'canon' and still struggle to pack the same punch as the big boys of the poetry world. As women still largely bear the burden of childcare, and caring more generally, finding the time and resources to …
Tag: age
not getting any younger
It's a cliché and it's true - none of us are getting any younger. But facing up to the reality of ageing, in a society that prizes youthfulness and demeans or ignores old age, is not easy. So The Emma Press's new Anthology of Age feels like a small but much needed poetic intervention, a …
Hilaire 