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In this magazine
ISSUE 9
Spring/Summer 2001
Featuring… KATHLEEN JAMIE ◊ JULIE MYERSON ◊ MIMI KHALVATI ◊ SARAH DUNANT ◊ ROSIE BOYCOTT
Special
AGENDA: The female brain
What are little girls made of?
Debbie Taylor summarises the psychological research into sex differences in the human brain to discover what makes women tick - and what it means for us as writers
INTERVIEW
Poet Kathleen Jamie talks to Debbie Taylor
FEATURES
She’s leaving home - bye bye
The Orange Prize prioritises women’s novels with international themes. Livi Michael argues that this entails ignoring a wealth of diverse regional voices.
How to be a slut
Advice from the Mslexia School for Sluts on freeing yourself from the drudgery of housework so you can spend more time on your writing (and other things)
Landing a commission
Ex insurance salesperson Caroline Deacon passes on The Knowledge about how to persuade a reluctant editor to commission you to write an article.
MIND AND BODY: Putting yourself in the picture
Katrina Crosbie on neurolinguistic processing and how it can help you are a writer
Regulars
NEW WRITING: BLOOD
Poetry and prose selected by Julie Myerson
POETIC FORMS
Linda France's tutorial on poetic forms:
Triplets with a specially-commissioned example by Mimi Khalvati
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Rosie Boycott 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
