Writer’s Bio: Rachel Fox
Current studies:- PhD Candidate in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University
--- My thesis considers the different modes through which women in contemporary West Asian literature are presented and present themselves: oral, written, and visual.Previous studies:-
-MA in Contemporary Literary Studies (Lancaster University)
-First Class Honours - BA in English Literature (Lancaster University)Particular Interests:-
-Inter-media relations
-Female writers / Feminist readings
-Post-colonial writers / Post-colonial theory
-Contemporary Gothic writing and visual media
-The fantastic/ fantasy writing
-Victorian children's literatureCategories
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Category Archives: Beyond Borders
‘The Pomegranates of Kandahar’, by Sarah Maguire
A short close reading of Sarah Maguire’s phenomenal and beautiful poem. ‘[S]mall shards of sweetness’.[1] Sarah Maguire’s ‘The Pomegranates of Kandahar’ is a long oxymoron that is wholly apparent in this single line. The ‘shards’, that which is broken, and … Continue reading
