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In this magazine
ISSUE 2
Summer 1999
Featuring… A L KENNEDY ◊ JACKIE KAY ◊ WENDY COPE ◊ PATRICIA DUNCKER ◊ GERMAINE GREER
Special
AGENDA: Writing as Therapy
Can writing set you free?
Authors are eight times more likely to be depressed than the general population, but a growing band of writing therapists say that writing is good for you. Mslexia summarises the latest psychological research.
INTERVIEW
Novelist A L Kennedy talks to Debbie Taylor
FEATURES
Writers’ wives
A peep through the literary keyhole with Eva Salzman
Orange Girls vs Booker Boys
Mslexia's Institute for Textual Analysis assesses the Orange and Booker shortlists on the Girlometer and finds the Booker is biased in favour of masculine writing
MIND AND BODY: The muse and the moon
Penelope Shuttle invites you to construct a menstrual mandala and tune into the fluctuations in your creativity
Regulars
NEW WRITING: DEATH
Poetry and prose selected by Jackie Kay
POETIC FORMS
Linda France's tutorial on poetic forms:
The Villanelle with a specially-commissioned example by Wendy Cope
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Germaine Greer likes to read
Plus…
STARTERS
Nuts & Bolts, First Person Singular, Getting Started in…, The Slush Pile
CREATIVITY
The Blank Page - workshop with Margaret Wilkinson
Word Surgeon with Dr Ingrid K
BOOKS
Literary analysis, Small Press Fiction, Best Ever Books by Women, Publishers' List profile, Mslexia book reviews
DIRECTORY
Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues
THE Mslexia ARCHIVE
You can browse back issue contents year by year below, or click to view the full archive list.
Features on the website
BOOKS
What to read, what not to read: Mslexia readers & reviewers give their verdict on the latest books, plus our celebrity guest reveals what's on her Bedside Table. Explore Books
THE Mslexia INTERVIEW
We find out what makes a successful author tick in this in-depth one-to-one on the highs and lows of writing and getting published. Read from the current Mslexia Interview
NEW WRITING
Sample the best freshly-picked writing as chosen by our guest author and read her essay; plus - we announce the new submission theme. Go to New Writing
