Tips
Valuing the ordinary in our poetry
My tip is to never underestimate the importance of the everyday. Root your poems in the reality of ordinary objects so…
Alicia Stubbersfield
Alicia Stubbersfield
The Yellow Table is Alicia Stubbersfield’s fourth collection, described by Andrew McMillan as a ‘book that cuts the crap, cuts the pretension and is smart enough to wear its learning lightly.’ Alicia lives in Cheltenham, was an English teacher in comprehensive schools, then tutored Creative Writing for The Open College of the Arts, Aberystwyth University, Liverpool John Moores University and, most recently, for Cheltenham Festivals, the Arvon Teachers as Writers project and the University of Gloucestershire.