Katherine Collins
@aliceisapoetish.bsky.social
Poet(ish). Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, Wolfson College. (Inevitably, always, yes still) writing about Caitlin Thomas. https://substack.com/@aliceisapoetish
I decided to start writing in Substack for three reasons: 1. It would be nice to find some people. 2. To try and develop a regular practice. And finally, 3. Because I want to try and let go of some of the perfectionism that prevents me sharing things I've written. open.substack.com/pub/aliceisa...
On beginnings, theme songs, spring, Caitlin Thomas, and connections
Amit Chaudhuri once talked about trying to write a novel consisting entirely of opening paragraphs.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I decided to start writing in Substack for three reasons: 1. It would be nice to find some people. 2. To try and develop a regular practice. And finally, 3. Because I want to try and let go of some of the perfectionism that prevents me sharing things I've written. open.substack.com/pub/aliceisa...
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Tomorrow the @royalholloway.bsky.social Poetics Research Centre will be leading live art performances and showcasing poetry films across floors 4 and 5 of @senatehouselib.bsky.social - be sure to drop by for bats, birds, bugs, and books🧡 www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
Senate House Unbound: A Poetics Research Centre Takeover
Join the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre for an interactive evening of poetry celebrating the Spineless Wonders exhibition.
www.london.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tomorrow the @royalholloway.bsky.social Poetics Research Centre will be leading live art performances and showcasing poetry films across floors 4 and 5 of @senatehouselib.bsky.social - be sure to drop by for bats, birds, bugs, and books🧡 www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
A post about watery forms, more-than-human stories, and what happens when you don’t dilute your watercolour wash sufficiently. substack.com/profile/4184...
Alice is a poet(ish) (@aliceisapoetish)
A post about watery forms, more-than-human stories, and what happens when you don’t dilute your watercolour wash sufficiently.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A post about watery forms, more-than-human stories, and what happens when you don’t dilute your watercolour wash sufficiently. substack.com/profile/4184...
Here is something I didn’t know: while I was writing about Caitlin Thomas writing about Etna erupting, Etna was erupting!
June 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here is something I didn’t know: while I was writing about Caitlin Thomas writing about Etna erupting, Etna was erupting!
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THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS LIVE‼️ We are so looking forward to the very fascinating, very international panels at “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe” Conference. Check out the complete schedule at popconf2025.univie.ac.at. Wish to attend? Register at tinyurl.com/popglobe. #PoPAroundtheGlobe
Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe – Advances in Poetry Performance Research
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April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS LIVE‼️ We are so looking forward to the very fascinating, very international panels at “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe” Conference. Check out the complete schedule at popconf2025.univie.ac.at. Wish to attend? Register at tinyurl.com/popglobe. #PoPAroundtheGlobe
Sometimes I do things, then forget I've done them. This is one of those things: katherinecollinspoet.com/2022/12/02/a...
A poetic experiment in reading with reciprocity
I’ve been thinking about academic extractivism recently, and encountered the work of Dr Max Liboiron via their collaborative project #Collabrary: a methodological experiment for reading with …
katherinecollinspoet.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sometimes I do things, then forget I've done them. This is one of those things: katherinecollinspoet.com/2022/12/02/a...
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Maybe you get a ice cube as a souvenir too?
I'm not absolutely certain that the people who chose that tagline first checked the etymology of "immersive".
May 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Maybe you get a ice cube as a souvenir too?
It's done. Just about ready to be completely redone. Probably.
It's possible I might have almost finished my Caitlin Thomas novel. Almost. Like, in the realm of 10 more pages or so to write.
May 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It's done. Just about ready to be completely redone. Probably.
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We're excited to see that @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social & @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social's research on 'more-than-human stories of Antarctica' is one of the exhibits at the
@britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase.
Visitors will be able to craft their own 'more-than-human' story via a story cube.
@britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase.
Visitors will be able to craft their own 'more-than-human' story via a story cube.
We're delighted to announce the programme for our 2025 Summer Showcase! Taking place on 20-21 June, this year's free festival of ideas returns with interactive exhibits and workshops, inspiring performances and screenings, and fascinating talks. Book now: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
April 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're excited to see that @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social & @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social's research on 'more-than-human stories of Antarctica' is one of the exhibits at the
@britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase.
Visitors will be able to craft their own 'more-than-human' story via a story cube.
@britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase.
Visitors will be able to craft their own 'more-than-human' story via a story cube.
It's possible I might have almost finished my Caitlin Thomas novel. Almost. Like, in the realm of 10 more pages or so to write.
April 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's possible I might have almost finished my Caitlin Thomas novel. Almost. Like, in the realm of 10 more pages or so to write.
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My book, Conceiving Histories, has begun to reach readers. Here is @lucyallengoss.bsky.social 's thoughtful response to its chapter about #WilliamHarvey
👏🏾👏🏾 Lucy.
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👏🏾👏🏾 Lucy.
open.substack.com/pub/lucyalle...
Weaving the Story of Nonbiological Mothering
I am currently reading a friend’s book (it’s Isabel Davis’ wonderful Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy Past and Present, beautifully illustrated by Anna Burel and absolutely fascinating).
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March 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My book, Conceiving Histories, has begun to reach readers. Here is @lucyallengoss.bsky.social 's thoughtful response to its chapter about #WilliamHarvey
👏🏾👏🏾 Lucy.
open.substack.com/pub/lucyalle...
👏🏾👏🏾 Lucy.
open.substack.com/pub/lucyalle...
Was lucky to see this being carved into the wall.
Giving my southern hemisphere linguistic determinism real world heft! @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social
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Africa’s ‘sleeping’ language, |xam, has been written in stone at Oxford university
The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Was lucky to see this being carved into the wall.
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Giving my southern hemisphere linguistic determinism real world heft! @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social
theconversation.com/africas-slee...
theconversation.com/africas-slee...
Africa’s ‘sleeping’ language, |xam, has been written in stone at Oxford university
The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism.
theconversation.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Giving my southern hemisphere linguistic determinism real world heft! @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social
theconversation.com/africas-slee...
theconversation.com/africas-slee...
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shout out to the medievalists. they’d have a paleography system for alien comms quicker than you can say STOP DEFUNDING THE GODDAMN HUMANITIES
February 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
shout out to the medievalists. they’d have a paleography system for alien comms quicker than you can say STOP DEFUNDING THE GODDAMN HUMANITIES
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Lovely to receive my author’s copy of this brilliant collection, which looks especially beautiful in the winter sun.
Congrats @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Congrats @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Lovely to receive my author’s copy of this brilliant collection, which looks especially beautiful in the winter sun.
Congrats @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Congrats @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
'More-than-human' story-making symposium at
@OxLifeWriting 'establishing theoretical, methodological, and ethical sources of inspiration; interrogating issues of practice, aesthetic, and interpretation' #CFP deadline 28 Feb. antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk/event/more-h...
@OxLifeWriting 'establishing theoretical, methodological, and ethical sources of inspiration; interrogating issues of practice, aesthetic, and interpretation' #CFP deadline 28 Feb. antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk/event/more-h...
Symposium call for papers
Set out more-than-human story-making as an interdisciplinary field of artistic research, establishing some theoretical, methodological, and ethical sources of inspiration, interrogating issues of prac...
antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'More-than-human' story-making symposium at
@OxLifeWriting 'establishing theoretical, methodological, and ethical sources of inspiration; interrogating issues of practice, aesthetic, and interpretation' #CFP deadline 28 Feb. antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk/event/more-h...
@OxLifeWriting 'establishing theoretical, methodological, and ethical sources of inspiration; interrogating issues of practice, aesthetic, and interpretation' #CFP deadline 28 Feb. antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk/event/more-h...
Do you want to know the best thing about neutrinos, which I have just learned from my son's physics paper? It's that the different types are called 'flavours'. Sometimes, physics is poetry.
January 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Do you want to know the best thing about neutrinos, which I have just learned from my son's physics paper? It's that the different types are called 'flavours'. Sometimes, physics is poetry.
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Our book is out! Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere. @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Our book is out! Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere. @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social
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open.substack.com/pub/perverse... << banging edition of @perversemag.bsky.social this week
PERVERSE 8K
"The most interesting part of my life is desire..."
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December 9, 2024 at 10:38 AM
open.substack.com/pub/perverse... << banging edition of @perversemag.bsky.social this week
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“The ability to start out upon your own impulse is fundamental to the gift of keeping going upon your own terms. . . . Getting started, keeping going, getting started
again in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm."
- Seamus Heaney
again in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm."
- Seamus Heaney
November 26, 2024 at 6:15 AM
“The ability to start out upon your own impulse is fundamental to the gift of keeping going upon your own terms. . . . Getting started, keeping going, getting started
again in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm."
- Seamus Heaney
again in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm."
- Seamus Heaney
@lucyallengoss.bsky.social well do you?
November 25, 2024 at 9:14 PM
@lucyallengoss.bsky.social well do you?
And also: oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l... with @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social
First of two Oxford celebrations of our new book, out Dec 2024 with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
This event is 14 Jan at OCLW @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
The next is 23 Jan at the PoCo Seminar @engfac.bsky.social
First of two Oxford celebrations of our new book, out Dec 2024 with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
This event is 14 Jan at OCLW @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
The next is 23 Jan at the PoCo Seminar @engfac.bsky.social
Book Launch: Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere
oclw.web.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 4:37 PM
And also: oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l... with @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social
First of two Oxford celebrations of our new book, out Dec 2024 with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
This event is 14 Jan at OCLW @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
The next is 23 Jan at the PoCo Seminar @engfac.bsky.social
First of two Oxford celebrations of our new book, out Dec 2024 with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
This event is 14 Jan at OCLW @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
The next is 23 Jan at the PoCo Seminar @engfac.bsky.social
I have got out of the habit of posting. But this is my new stuff, check it out if you are interested in Antarctica and/or creative practice research. antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk If you're in Oxford in April 2025, you might fancy our workshop.
November 25, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I have got out of the habit of posting. But this is my new stuff, check it out if you are interested in Antarctica and/or creative practice research. antarcticstories.web.ox.ac.uk If you're in Oxford in April 2025, you might fancy our workshop.
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What Kermit (the frog) is called in ten different countries...
10. Kermit (Denmark)
9. Kermit (France)
8. Kermit (Romania)
7. Kermit (Slovakia)
6. Kermit (Italy)
5. Kermit (Canada)
4. Kermit (Iceland)
3. Kermit (the Netherlands)
2. Kermit (Poland)
1. Gustavo (Spain)
10. Kermit (Denmark)
9. Kermit (France)
8. Kermit (Romania)
7. Kermit (Slovakia)
6. Kermit (Italy)
5. Kermit (Canada)
4. Kermit (Iceland)
3. Kermit (the Netherlands)
2. Kermit (Poland)
1. Gustavo (Spain)
November 18, 2024 at 6:21 PM
What Kermit (the frog) is called in ten different countries...
10. Kermit (Denmark)
9. Kermit (France)
8. Kermit (Romania)
7. Kermit (Slovakia)
6. Kermit (Italy)
5. Kermit (Canada)
4. Kermit (Iceland)
3. Kermit (the Netherlands)
2. Kermit (Poland)
1. Gustavo (Spain)
10. Kermit (Denmark)
9. Kermit (France)
8. Kermit (Romania)
7. Kermit (Slovakia)
6. Kermit (Italy)
5. Kermit (Canada)
4. Kermit (Iceland)
3. Kermit (the Netherlands)
2. Kermit (Poland)
1. Gustavo (Spain)