Are you judging me yet?

‘With the strides and gains made through the `MeToo movement, I believe the time is right for a book like this to make an impact. As a female poet, I know there is a need for such a book to examine the intersection between writing, performing, feminism and sexism. I wish this book had been written when I first started working as a freelance writer and I’ve had many conversations with other female poets who have also confirmed my thinking – that female poets are navigating these things regularly, and yet nobody is really writing or talking about them.’ The book draws on her experiences of writing and performing the poems in her Forward-prize shortlisted collection ‘All The Men I Never Married’. It is a balance of memoir, academic treatise, and poetry.