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Writing | Maria C. McCarthy
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Maria C. McCarthy. The Word from the Shed. Rip it up and start again. Research or a notebook obsession? My mother was not one for respecting privacy, so I kept my diary with me at all times, and slept with it under my pillow. No one read it but me. I was out with a friend when I saw a notebook I liked. It was A5 spiral bound with a picture of a parrot on the cover. ‘Let me get that for you,’ she said, and out of nowhere, I started writing poetry in that book, and keeping a diary. The paper filled a build...
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Morning Fuzz - Press
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Exclusive single and video premiere of "Rain and Thunder". A storm is coming.". It isn’t often that one can say Rain And Thunder just brightened the day but the just over four minute track of infectious dance-beat does just that". Read the review here. The steady toe-tapping drumming, the busier than fuzzier guitars and the pinch of angst in the chorus harmonies make the song something more than your ordinary indie rock number.". Read the review here. 55 Questions with Frank Fussa of Morning Fuzz. A capt...
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Poetry | Maria C. McCarthy
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Maria C. McCarthy. The Word from the Shed. Walking, walking; writing, writing. On a cold Valentine’s evening, in a room above a pub where the old sash windows didn’t quite close, I heard Katherine Pierpoint and John Gallas read poetry. The week before, I went to the University of Kent to hear Katharine Norbury read from. Her superb memoir, which was one of my favourite reads of 2015. What links all three, and got me thinking, is that travelling inspires their writing. The Alphabet of Ugly Animals. I used...
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