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Carolyn Jess-Cooke

Carolyn Jess-Cooke is an author and poet. Her prizes for writing include a Northern Writers Award, an Eric Gregory Award, a Tyrone Guthrie prize, and she has twice received a K Blundell award from the Society of Authors. She holds a PhD in literature and film, and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, where she researches the impact of motherhood on women’s writing and inclusive approaches to literature.


“Peeling the Skin”

A Poem by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
June 12, 2020  By Carolyn Jess-Cooke
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