poetry

I write poetry that explores queerness and natural magic through the personal lyric. My pamphlet Manuscript ‘Scar Tissue’ was highly commanded by the Disabled Poets Prize 2024, judged by Jamie Hale and Pascale Petit. Hale described the way "the unflichingly honest Scar Tissue dances intimately through topics, entwined in politics and the personal body" while Petit noted its "raw power". Individual poems have been published by Magma, harana poetry, and Datableed and I have read at the national Poetry Library in Southbank, and Poetry in Aldeburgh. One of my visual collage poems was exhibited at the Beaney Museum in Canterbury.

I was the recipient of an Arts Council-funded bursary via Wasafiri Magazine for a Free Read by The Literary Consultancy (TLC) in 2018.

I’ve also written reviews and interviews for the Poetry School, Wasafiri, and the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

coaching & workshops

As a coach I work with artists and writers to overcome creative hurdles and develop their practice to its full potential.

I also design and deliver creative workshops and courses on poetry and collage. I have worked as a tutor for the Poetry School as well as Beyond Form Creative Writing.

In addition to university lecturing and outreach, I have taught at a wide range of institutions in both public and private sectors and I hold a master’s degree in Education Sciences. I completed Eric Maisel’s advanced creativity coaching training. I am also a member of the National Association for Writers in Education (NAWE) and the Creative Entrepreneurs Club.

poetology channel

My YouTube channel Poetology offers interviews with poets, how to videos on writing and collage, book reviews and insights into my own creative practice.

academic research

I completed a PhD at the University of Kent in 2020 with a thesis titled “Mapping Out Native American Space in Contemporary Anishinaabe Literature,” after which I worked on transgender, Two-Spirit and nonbinary Indigenous poetics. I hold a Master of Arts in English Literature and Education from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Publications: 

Co-editor of a Special Issue on “Transgender, Two-Spirit and Nonbinary Indigenous Literature” Transmotion 7:1 (2021).

“Gerald Vizenor’s Transnational Aesthetics in Blue Ravens.” Transmotion 5:1 (2019): 33-55.

"Book Review: Our History Is the Future; Standing With Standing Rock." Journal of Postcolonial Writing 58:1 (2022) 143-144.

"Book Review: Bury Me in Thunder by syan jay." Transmotion 7:1 (2021): 261-264.

"Book Review: LaRose by Louise Erdrich." Wasafiri 32:2 (Summer 2017): 72-73.