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Molly Twomey is a Hatha Yoga Teacher and receptionist who will enter a Masters of Creative Writing in UCC this September. Her poetry has featured in the Irish Times where she was shortlisted for the Hennessey Award. She blogs for The Mighty and Spunout.ie and is an editor of The Quarryman. She has been listed for Over The Edge New Writer of the Year and was a featured poet at Over the Edge Open Readings Series. She is an action panel member for SpunOut.ie and has been offered scholarships for Creative Writing in both NUI and UCC.

Poetry

‘Does it cause a little chill in your heart?’ | Interview with Theo Dorgan

Molly Twomey Sep 20, 2019 0

Born in Cork, Theo Dorgan is a poet, prose writer, documentary screenwriter, editor, translator, librettist and broadcaster. His latest collection, Orpheus, takes on the challenging sapphic form to tell the story of Orpheus, the…

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Poetry Review | The Road, Slowly By Liz Quirke

Molly Twomey Oct 15, 2018 0

In A Poetry Handbook, Mary Oliver states that entering a poem is like, “stepping into a rowboat, with a stranger at the oars.” Liz Quirke’s debut collection, The Road, Slowly, brought me into a new and fruitful land. One where the female…

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Mind Over Masters | Tips For An Undergrad With Mental Illness

Molly Twomey May 30, 2018 0

Curled up in the Boole Library, I am sipping hot coffee and marvelling at the past four years. I survived an undergraduate degree with chronic anorexia nervosa. Nothing is harder than fighting a demon that whispers you don’t deserve to be…