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And Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford Brookes University.
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Helen Farish
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She received her Bachelor of Arts from University of Durham, Master of Arts She lectured in creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University. She has been a Fellow at Hawthornden International Centre for Writers and was the first female Poet in Residence at the Wordsworth Trust (2004-2005). She has also been a Visiting Lecturer at Sewanee University, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of New Hampshire.
Beginning 2007, she lectures full-time at Lancaster University, in the department of English and Creative Writing.
She now lives in Cumbria. As a noun, it promises secrets and, true to her word, Farish lifts the lid on the minutiae of her life, furnishing her poems with personal possessions ("my father"s dressing gown", "the advent calendar / John made me") and unveiling and discussing her body and sexuality.
As a verb, however, it hints and alludes, undercutting the simplicity of her physical candour. In the opening poem, the first impression of blithe self-assurance ("Seeing you makes me want to lift up my top, / breathe in and say Look! Look at these!") is subverted by the final line when the speaker retreats into defensiveness, anxiously pleading "Don"t tell me not to".
