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Rosanna McGlone

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Mum. Writer. Journalist The Guardian, The Australian, SMH, Salon.com Amazon no. 1. The Process of Poetry. The Making of a Poem. Feisty Females Medieval short stories https://rosanna-mcglone.sumupstore.com/products

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · Nov 21

This new thing seems to be panning out okay, doesn’t it? Here’s a 🧵 about me. I’m a journalist and have recently interviewed some fabulous poets on redrafting for the Australian sequel to The Process of Poetry @[email protected] & I on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row
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Front Row - Movie stars Adam Driver and Bill Nighy, author AL Kennedy, and the Process of Poetry - BBC Sounds

Adam Driver in Ferrari, Radio Drama with Bill Nighy and AL Kennedy, the Process of Poetry

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 9h

Congratulations, Paul 🎊 What a visceral piece.

Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 18h

I am delighted that my #poem Resurrection is published today in @eunoiareview.bsky.social

Just in time for @hool415.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Visitor & @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout theme #imperfectme

(Recording in thread)

#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity

Eunoia Review @eunoiareview.bsky.social · 18h

Resurrection

A ladybird glistens on a tuft tiny tomato in the dew spat out M&M drop of blood. Buried, he always returns. Unseen hands knead her daily. She licks rustiness, a trickle at the corner of her mouth. Her eye compresses. He calls her name. The voice stumbles her in breath clenched. She…

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 9h

I saw the preview in Nottingham. A fantastic play; highly recommended.

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 9h

Theatre talks a great deal about being an empathy machine, and Punch is the play to prove it, writes Lyn Gardner 👇

Lyn Gardner on the positive impact of Punch

The West End run of James Graham's play honours the spirit of generosity shown by those whose story it tells, says Lyn Garden

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 9h

Except for the crappy quality, and the fact that it's a pic, I felt like I was making a David Attenborough video in my own back garden yesterday 🙂 Happy Saturday all!

Erect grey squirrel eating in green, suburban garden with yellow lscattered leaves adjacent and green bushes in the background.

Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 18h

Lovely to see a dear writer friend @gillrossini.bsky.social has made it to these shores 😊 Have you heard of the 'starter packs' Gill, where you can link up with like-minded peeps?

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 22h

You're very kind, Helen 🙏

Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 23h

A gentle reminder to my new followers: if you only tweet about your own work and provide no support whatsoever to others in the writing community, I won't be following you back. That's not what being here is about.

Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant news, Peter! 🎉

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Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to have work in Broken Spine’s wonderful Rites & Trials: Coming-Of-Age Poetry — coming soon

Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk. Amazing poets include Sam Szanto, @louisepoetical.bsky.social, C. Oulens, Susan Richardson, Paul Brookes and many more
@brokenspinejournal.bsky.social #brokenspine

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone point me towards a modern, meaty, vaguely upbeat sonnet please, or at least not highly depressing? I incline towards the latter,& my students would like to end the term on a high😅 It needs to have enough to it, to reward close study🙏 share #poets #poems #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 1d

A little Spanish sunshine #Sevilla #photosky #photography ##landscapephotography

White narrow house in Seville with green bushes on roof, blue sky beyond, terracotta tower to the right.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 1d

Just this 👇

John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 1d

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reel in the comments.

IMPERFECT ME

On days my son was measured
in length rather than height
I held him shirtless in one arm
while I lathered my face to shave.
Leaned on my chest, warm,
he plunged an explorer’s hands, decisive,
into my foamy cheeks, gaining agency,
the intimation of form, and play
affirmed in his corporeal birthright.

And me, significant, generative,
like the god of the psalmist,
I could do no wrong.

Whiskey it wasn’t that imperfected me
in his eyes. I may never know
which particular betrayal
inspired that loss of grace.
But it did boost his swagger to say
for the first time fuck you, Dad,
and I absorbed the preordained assertion,
concussive, cracked like a plastic bucket
abandoned on the back porch
when water expands into ice.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 1d

Love how loudly those halting, white silences speak, Helen.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

And another...
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Gabrielle Creevy reads from Flashlight by Susan Choi | The Booker Prize

YouTube video by The Booker Prizes

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Loving these beautifully shot tasters.

The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 3d

Watch Rory Kinnear read from The Rest of Our Lives, the #BookerPrize2025 shortlisted novel by Ben Markovits.

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Rory Kinnear reads from The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits | The Booker Prize

YouTube video by The Booker Prizes

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely worth a read. #Journalism #today

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

😂Ducks, legs, paddling spring to mind😂

Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect! Many thanks for your quick response and apologies, the word 'Studio' on the poster led to my mistake!

Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Something for later.

Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 2d

Another post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' - a reminder that work in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was very much a family affair...

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England II: Family Fortunes

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Any chance of accessing this online too?

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 2d

17 October, 1pm: FREE workshop on revising & rewriting new plays with Stephanie Bain of the Almeida Theatre.

Stephanie is the Head of Programming and Literary Manager at the Almeida Theatre & in-house dramaturg on all Almeida new plays.

https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

I think poetry is actually rising like a sword to combat the prevailing narrative.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

That's lovely, Mike, and what a perfect occupation for a community playwright. 'Always look underneath' absolutely spot on. A writer's mantra, but a message for our troubled times too?

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Really 🤩 🤩 🤩 to be giving a presentation on The Process of Poetry @nawewriters.bsky.social Conference + chairing a couple of fascinating sessions #NAWEConf2025 #Inspiringwriting #Poetry #teaching #classroomresources @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Peter, do you ever 😴? Go you!

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations, Peter 🎊 Getting your name in high places! 👏

Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to be published in the international HOOGHLY REVIEW.

Special thank you to the fantastic guest editor @sanjeevpoems3, an amazing poet and person.

And to all the editors - Tejaswinee Roychowdhury, Ankit Raj Ojha and Francois Bereaud. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

thehooghlyreview.com/fictile-feel...

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