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Day: April 2, 2021

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The Austere Beauty of Trying Not To Die

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April 2, 2021April 24, 2021 No Comments

Content Warnings: Before you click, you might need to know that this page contains references to suicidality, governmental abuse of disabled people in the UK, and mental health issues.

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Kathryn O’Driscoll is a spoken word poet, writer and activist from Bath, England. She talks openly about disabilities, mental health, LGBTQIA+ issues and joys and gender politics in her wide range of poems.

 

She is a UK Slam Champion and World Slam Finalist in 2021. Aside from performing poetry across the South West, she has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, at multiple UK National competitions, on BBC Radio Bristol and was featured on the Sky Arts spoken word TV show Life and Rhymes.

 

She has a first class degree in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and her debut collection ‘Cliff Notes’ was released by Verve Poetry Press in 2022.

Read Some Of My Work

  • Cliff Notes is now available to preorder!
  • Peony Bruised
  • Vinegar
  • The Austere Beauty of Trying Not To Die
  • Snow day

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