Archive - Abject Lessons

Lifting Weights

This week I was reading Bodies of Work, a collection of essays by Kathy Acker themed on, as you might imagine, the body in art.

Aug 19 •

July 2024

Kinds of Kindness

Jul 15 •

Interval Training

Anna used to be a runner but now she only swam.

Jul 2 •

June 2024

Follicular Phase

I messaged a friend this morning saying, Even though I feel a baseline thrum of deep melancholy, loss and abstract longing, I’m feeling full of beans…

Jun 25 •

The month I turned forty-four my parents moved to California.

Jun 9 •

May 2024

Remake / Remodel: Identity, Motherhood and Music

Becoming a mother remakes you in ways you cannot begin to conceive of in advance.

May 29 •

April 2024

Chaotic Neutral

I went to visit my sister yesterday, and her beautiful newborn baby girl.

Apr 9 •

March 2024

Tutoring & Mentoring

I am an experienced tutor, currently working as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Mar 20 •

I was last night talking about the book Cloistered by the amazingly named Catherine Coldstream, a memoir about her years as a nun, and it made me think…

Mar 6 •

February 2024

This week I’ve had three notable experiences with fingernails.

Feb 21 •

I’ve recently been listening to the podcast Untold: The Retreat, about an intensive form of meditation, called Vipassana, and those who became addicted…

Feb 14 •

January 2024

Reality Television

I never used to watch reality television, but pregnancy changed that.

Jan 23 •

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