Deborah Levy

'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January, never mind all the way to December.' Deborah Levy

A Response to George Orwell's 1946 Essay 'Why I Write'

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Sarah Christine Gill

Mara D Alo Fonseca

When she kissed me on my cheek I could feel her heart beating under her coat, fierce and roaring.

Karmen 

If I wasn’t thinking about the past, the past was thinking about me.

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