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Mslexia Magazine - Issue 107

Mslexia Magazine - Issue 107

Full of creative inspiration, practical advice and original poetry, fiction and memoir

Trends in food fiction; tackling perfection; romantic tropes; writing biography; and stories and poems on the theme of 'blue', chosen by Amy Key

In this issue

Agenda All the rage: Lucy Nichol traces the emergence of angry female characters in literature

Bedside table Susie Dent tells us what she's been reading in bed

Interview Debbie Taylor talks to performance poet Len Pennie

The accidental biographer Lorraine Gibson on turning her passions into publications

The knowledge Julie Vuong explains what's happening in 'food fiction'

Dark work Amita Murray on how anguish feeds creativity

PLUS: Amy Key selects fiction and poetry on the theme of 'blue'

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