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Kirsten Irving, poet & editor

Kirsten Irving, poet & editor

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    Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: a girl’s first ADHD odyssey

    On the 80s cult classic, neurodivergence, and Sarah as...
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  • Magazines

    Two folklore poems in Gramarye Journal

    If you like folklore and fairytales, critical thinking and...
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  • Personal

    Mind. Blown. ADHD and getting some answers.

    On finally getting the instruction manual to my brain,...
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  • Art

    Why can’t artists admit they have jobs?

    Most artist have a side hustle or a main...
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  • Art

    Wellcome Collection: Art, Activism & Access

    On the Wellcome Collection article series by disabled artist...
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  • Critical Writing

    Death Magazine & Hey Bert reviews in Poetry Wales

    I reviewed two poetry collections for Poetry Wales: Matthew...
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  • Events & Readings

    Two Robots in York

    Watch JT Welsch and K being robots at York...
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  • Books

    Never Never Never Come Back is, um, back! In paperback!

    Salt Publishing are releasing paperback versions of my first...
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A blue book cover reading "Poetic Interviews - edited and conducted by Aaron Kent"
  • 3 July 20173 August 2022
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Poetic Interviews: Line breaks of questioning

Aaron Kent, Editor of Broken Sleep Books, conducts unusual interviews: the questions and answers take the form of poetry.

A green shape on a paint-splashed piece of paper.
  • 19 May 20173 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Something scaly this way comes!

Something scaly this way comes!

Introducing Love Carcass, my erotish prose-poetry memoir of sex with a “squamous copper monster”. What’s not to love?

Clipping of Poetry News article headed "Voice Recognition", with inset photo of Kirsten Irving recording in the booth.
  • 31 March 20173 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Poetry News gets vocal

Poetry News gets vocal

I’m in Poetry News, published by the Poetry Society, talking about the links between voiceover and poetry.

  • 6 January 20173 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on New Year’s fear and Quantum Hotness

New Year’s fear and Quantum Hotness

On quantum confidence, or why one day you’re The Shit and the next you’re just shit.

Tweet from Gertrude's Gifts reads: "The flameless tea lights: Why is there so much resignation in a package"
  • 15 December 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Play-poems and bardbots!

Play-poems and bardbots!

Advent is upon us, and we’ve been celebrating over at Sidekick Books! Every day we’ve opened a new window of poetry mishmashery, featuring: i) Hybardrid Twitterbots, mixing famous poets with other poets and other texts…

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Excited red panda with open mouth
  • 31 May 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Poets Are So Excited – but does anybody care?

Poets Are So Excited – but does anybody care?

Social media is tricky for poets, but we need to stop hammering the “so excited” key, expecting it to excite others by osmosis.

A robot hand writing on paper
  • 5 April 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on What a piece of work: poetry and technophobia

What a piece of work: poetry and technophobia

The robots are here and they’re writing poetry. Beyond the outrage and scorn of human readers, could there be some work of interest?

Musicians sat in the bar of a London club, jamming with various instruments.
  • 19 March 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Chain reactions: Found in Translation at Club Inegales

Chain reactions: Found in Translation at Club Inegales

I was lucky enough to take part in a series of workshops with Club Inegales, throwing together poets, illustrators and musicians.

A naked pinup girl on the cover of Weird Tales, beside a skull
  • 14 March 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Does poetry need genre boundaries?

Does poetry need genre boundaries?

Shopping for poetry is tricky if you don’t have a name in mind. Could genre boundaries offer a new way of browsing?

  • 29 February 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Haul Monitor: Collage, Tomboys and Crows

Haul Monitor: Collage, Tomboys and Crows

I’ve received a couple of fantastic things through the post of late, and thought I’d share the excitement. Pamphlet: Tomboys by Jon Stone. The pamphlet is an ode to three anime heroines: Utena from Revolutionary…

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