Kim Rooney, is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's MA in Life Writing.
It's how she came to write about poets, George Barker and Anne Sexton, and the Victorian heroine Grace Darling.
She also writes poetry and fiction and is assistant editor at www.hagsharlotsheroines.com.
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My Stories
This poem is yours Submitted on March 18, 2008 - 14:50 | 219 reads
Coda poetica Submitted on March 13, 2008 - 13:30 | 127 reads
The rose Submitted on March 12, 2008 - 15:43 | 94 reads
The thinnest metal Submitted on March 11, 2008 - 10:08 | 127 reads
Nine lives Submitted on February 29, 2008 - 23:29 | 164 reads
Sometimes Submitted on February 27, 2008 - 22:59 | 105 reads
A landscape of love: the poems of George Barker Submitted on February 26, 2008 - 08:49 | 396 reads
Bruised fruit Submitted on February 24, 2008 - 21:56 | 197 reads
Unravelled Submitted on February 21, 2008 - 10:02 | 127 reads
Lipstick Submitted on February 20, 2008 - 23:06 | 255 reads
Pips Submitted on February 16, 2008 - 00:04 | 167 reads
The midnight bird Submitted on February 12, 2008 - 15:53 | 316 reads
Wheel spin Submitted on February 12, 2008 - 15:50 | 210 reads
Solace Submitted on February 9, 2008 - 22:22 | 147 reads
Angela Carter lives in London Submitted on February 7, 2008 - 11:29 | 356 reads
Arts Council heading for the Write Stuff? Submitted on February 6, 2008 - 15:13 | 164 reads
Mr Venus Submitted on February 5, 2008 - 10:21 | 210 reads
Muriel Spark meets Stephen King in Booktribes Submitted on February 4, 2008 - 17:23 | 233 reads
Honey Bunny Submitted on January 31, 2008 - 11:03 | 397 reads
Overdue Submitted on January 29, 2008 - 09:48 | 160 reads
Rereading Sylvia Plath Submitted on January 25, 2008 - 19:11 | 352 reads
Remington rescue Submitted on January 25, 2008 - 06:47 | 236 reads
Redirection Submitted on January 24, 2008 - 07:17 | 151 reads
Lines returned Submitted on January 24, 2008 - 07:15 | 141 reads
Save Submitted on January 23, 2008 - 06:44 | 207 reads
and it is lost Submitted on January 22, 2008 - 19:25 | 183 reads
Princess Leia: 21st century Muse Submitted on January 22, 2008 - 13:42 | 140 reads
The well-meant Submitted on January 21, 2008 - 11:35 | 205 reads
Crisis in a cake shop Submitted on January 20, 2008 - 07:35 | 193 reads
Meaning Submitted on January 20, 2008 - 07:19 | 178 reads
Each Other’s Keeping Submitted on January 16, 2008 - 13:28 | 246 reads
It seems Submitted on January 15, 2008 - 20:04 | 222 reads
ABC umbilical Submitted on January 15, 2008 - 15:52 | 183 reads
If you see fire Submitted on January 14, 2008 - 22:59 | 172 reads
The Accidental Tourist in Baltimore Submitted on January 12, 2008 - 09:36 | 284 reads
Beauty and the treatment Submitted on January 10, 2008 - 10:30 | 182 reads
Dead Blog society Submitted on January 8, 2008 - 17:04 | 283 reads
Our Lady of Locomotion Submitted on January 8, 2008 - 14:01 | 237 reads
Late leaf Submitted on January 7, 2008 - 13:58 | 195 reads
The Buddha was a fat man Submitted on January 4, 2008 - 11:45 | 289 reads
Old lives Submitted on January 1, 2008 - 18:13 | 254 reads
The scent of snowdrops Submitted on December 31, 2007 - 14:33 | 241 reads
Inspiration Point- Every Word Counts Submitted on December 25, 2007 - 23:25 | 200 reads
What the Dickens Submitted on December 22, 2007 - 05:41 | 211 reads
Baker Street Submitted on December 22, 2007 - 00:13 | 301 reads