‘When you think I’m hurrying you but you’re taking an eternity over every damn thing’ by Minifreda Grovetzski
Shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
Archive: Life Writing
The Good Brown Girl by Shivanee Ramlochan
An exclusive life writing extract from our anniversary anthology, Brave New Words, on questioning obedience in Indo-Caribbean women.
‘Creating – or awakening to – Octavia’: Rachel Long
An extract from ‘Stop Finding Dimensions to Silence’: Selections and Reflections from Octavia Poetry Collective, first published in Wasafiri 105.
Warmer Waters by Robbie Arnott
Published as part of the Queen Mary Wasafiri Global Dispatches series, Robbie Arnott, author of Flames and The Rain Heron, reflects on climate and Covid-19.
Choreographing Covid-19 Stories by Thomas Glave
Thomas Glave, author and Professor of Creative Writing, on writing through lockdown, and his new workshop series…
From This Place on the Border by Margarita García Robayo
Published as part of the Queen Mary Wasafiri Global Dispatches series, Margarita García Robayo, author of Holiday Heart, reflects on racism, borders and Covid-19.
Unfamiliar Creatures by Avni Doshi
Published as part of the Queen Mary Wasafiri Global Dispatches series, the 2020 Booker-Prize-shortlisted writer of Burnt Sugar, Avni Doshi, reflects on Childcare and Covid-19.