We are thrown into the hot and heady streets of present-day New Orleans; you can practically smell the hot roads, sweat, and testosterone as you are swept through the summer months by a fiercely talented cast as the story unfolds, like clothes peeled from skin, exposing vulnerability and naked flesh.
Tag: literature
Book Review | Ice Cream for Breakfast by Laura Jane Williams
Ice Cream for Breakfast should be read when most needed, and in delicious, bite-sized chunks – just as you would with your favourite tub of Ben and Jerry's.
Poem | Heading Home
Heading back to my childhood home never fails to make me feel better; so I wrote a poem about it.
Monthly Muses | February 2018
February was short and sweet, full of theatre trips, cultural events, new podcasts and excellent reads. Find out what I loved the most in my latest Monthly Muses post.
Honest Haiku: Six
The fifth in my Honest Haiku series, published for World Book Day 2018
Book Review | The Power, by Naomi Alderman
Does Naomi Alderman's award-winning novel, The Power, live up to its name?
Monthly Muses | January 2018
The first round-up of my favourites in 2018; everything I loved in January, from pastry to poetry.
Honest Haiku: Five
The fourth in my Honest Haiku series, published for National Storytelling Week 2018.
Book Review | When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
This is a book full to the brim with feelings and thoughts. It made me think, tear up, cry, laugh, and wish for more.
Monthly Muses | November 2017
November is the best month of them all; though we're already in December, I'm looking back at another eventful month, and reviewing my favourite things.