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Gayle Letherby

I love to write. I am a sociologist who publishes mostly in the areas of methodology (including creative ways to present data), reproduction and non/parental identity, meanings and experiences of love, loss and the aftermath of death, solitude and/or loneliness, gender and identity, working and learning in higher education and travel and transport. I  have been writing fiction and memoir for about 14 years and draw on my own experience - both personal and academic - in my work. Other inspriations come from the books I enjoy and the news items that make me cross. 

Gayle Letherby

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Shades of Grey

NB:this piece of memoir contains references to loss, incluiding baby loss. Shades of Grey I’m sitting in my neighbour’s flat. She lives on the floor...

Love is...

Love. Such a simple, pure word, if taken at first glance. BUT ‘I love strawberries’ ‘I love the football’ ‘I love jazz’ ‘I love a bit of stir’,...
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Hair Today

Hair today. Hopefully not gone tomorrow. Crowning glory, luscious locks, Rapunzel’s saviour, Samson’s downfall. To cut, colour, curl and comb, to...

Traces of us

Yesterday I spent the afternoon at a memorial event for a friend and colleague who died during the first lockdown in 2020. The memorial was attended...
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Further Reflections on 'Being Alone'

I’ve become more and more interested recently in thinking and writing about solitude, about being and spending time alone and about the relationship...

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