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Category: Editorial

Graffiti on a grey wall reading 'Who are you when no one's watching?'
Editorial

When the Poet Becomes the Product

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Alan Parry June 7, 2026
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Editorial

Not Here for the Performance

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Alan Parry June 7, 2026
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This Is Writing

Give Your Head a Wobble: Why You Need to Leave Legacy Platforms Before They Devour You Whole

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Alan Parry August 16, 2025
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Music

Twelve Albums That Shaped Me: David Hanlon’s Sonic Compass

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The Broken Spine July 26, 2025
Protesters holding placards reading 'Time for change' and 'Silence is violence'
Essays, Opinions, & Thought Pieces

Respect Isn’t Silence: How I Critique Without Calling Out

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Alan Parry July 26, 2025
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Poetry

Beautiful Little Fools: A Century On, the Silences End

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Alan Parry July 7, 2025
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LGBTQIA+

Not For Me – And That’s Why It Matters: On Heartstopper, Rowling, and the Stories We Keep

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Alan Parry June 7, 2025
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Essays, Opinions, & Thought Pieces

From Derry to Brooklyn and Beyond: A Close Reading of Class, Masculinity, and Queerness in 20th and 21st Century Fiction

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Alan Parry March 29, 2025
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Cinema

Unpacking the Gothic Staircase and Madwoman in the Attic in Stephen King’s Misery

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Alan Parry October 31, 2024
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Pop Culture

Exploring Halloween Parallels in IT and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Alan Parry October 27, 2024
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