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Michael Amherst
Michael Amherst is a writer and critic. He is a graduate of the UEA creative writing MA and is currently working on a novel and a collection of short stories.

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Interview with Garth Greenwell

Interview

September 2016

Michael Amherst

Interview

September 2016

Garth Greenwell’s debut novel What Belongs to You has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic. Edmund White describes ‘American literature [as] richer...
Arthur Miller

fiction

June 2011

Michael Amherst

fiction

June 2011

The last time I saw Vin and Jackie we were killing slugs. The three of us had been smoking outside and then Vin had...

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October 2012

Crown of Thorns Starfish

Caspar Henderson

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October 2012

If you look into infinity what do you see? Your backside!  –Tristan Tzara   The drug-addict, drunk, wife-shooter and...

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November 2014

The Last Redoubt

Scott Esposito

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November 2014

As they say of politics, I have found essay-writing to be the art of the possible. Certain work can...

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February 2011

Novelty and revolt: why there is no such thing as a Twitter revolution

Nadia Khomami

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February 2011

The world is seeing an increase in the use of social media as a tool for mobilisation and protest....

 

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