James Morland
@jameswmorland.bsky.social
Researcher & writer of many things including 18th-century poetry, grief, medicine & solitude 🏴🏳️🌈
Currently writing about shared connective solitude in queerness & illness.
Human to a very cute corgi.
https://linktr.ee/jameswmorland
Currently writing about shared connective solitude in queerness & illness.
Human to a very cute corgi.
https://linktr.ee/jameswmorland
Reposted by James Morland
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
Reposted by James Morland
The Polari Prize issued a statement saying it believes its longlistees can hold “different positions on substantive issues.” This is like long listing a racist with authors of color then telling everyone it’s a mere “different position on a substantive issue”. Trans people are a fact. Not an “issue”
You can't call yourself "a prize for LGBTQ+ literature" and longlist a self-proclaimed terf. Anyone can give any prize to anyone they like, of course. But don't pretend you're a prize for my community when you're platforming someone who's actively fighting against it.
August 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Polari Prize issued a statement saying it believes its longlistees can hold “different positions on substantive issues.” This is like long listing a racist with authors of color then telling everyone it’s a mere “different position on a substantive issue”. Trans people are a fact. Not an “issue”
We’ve recently moved & my husband surprised me by commissioning @thomkofoed.bsky.social to paint a portrait of @nigella.bsky.social for our new kitchen (the colours match our kitchen). Cannot adequately express the joy I get spending my cooking time communing with our kitchen’s patron St Nigella.
August 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We’ve recently moved & my husband surprised me by commissioning @thomkofoed.bsky.social to paint a portrait of @nigella.bsky.social for our new kitchen (the colours match our kitchen). Cannot adequately express the joy I get spending my cooking time communing with our kitchen’s patron St Nigella.
Christmas corgi content continues. Will return to posting about writing eventually.
December 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Christmas corgi content continues. Will return to posting about writing eventually.
We’re all counting down to the festive break 🍞😴🎄
December 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM
We’re all counting down to the festive break 🍞😴🎄
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
‘The darkened landscapes of their grief give the illusion of “perceptual sociability,” though ultimately this is revealed to be a poetic fantasy that only serves to intensify the solitariness of the mourner.’
read.dukeupress.edu/eighteenth-c...
‘The darkened landscapes of their grief give the illusion of “perceptual sociability,” though ultimately this is revealed to be a poetic fantasy that only serves to intensify the solitariness of the mourner.’
read.dukeupress.edu/eighteenth-c...
December 12, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
‘The darkened landscapes of their grief give the illusion of “perceptual sociability,” though ultimately this is revealed to be a poetic fantasy that only serves to intensify the solitariness of the mourner.’
read.dukeupress.edu/eighteenth-c...
‘The darkened landscapes of their grief give the illusion of “perceptual sociability,” though ultimately this is revealed to be a poetic fantasy that only serves to intensify the solitariness of the mourner.’
read.dukeupress.edu/eighteenth-c...
A jet lagged Sunday mood.
December 1, 2024 at 2:18 PM
A jet lagged Sunday mood.
My work has recently turned back to echoes and conversations with voices that can’t reply. I’ve been returning to this piece on my experience of #grief while researching poetry & death. It is filled with echoes of final moments, where we all got poetry & life felt rich.
ejlw.eu/article/view...
ejlw.eu/article/view...
View of We all got Poetry and Life is Rich
ejlw.eu
November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
My work has recently turned back to echoes and conversations with voices that can’t reply. I’ve been returning to this piece on my experience of #grief while researching poetry & death. It is filled with echoes of final moments, where we all got poetry & life felt rich.
ejlw.eu/article/view...
ejlw.eu/article/view...
Sharing some of my writing here to give a sense of the ideas I’m working. This was a difficult and emotional one to write, but a glimpse into the solitary world of chronic illness diagnosis & finding new connections with a body that has turned against you.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Affliction’s Lonely Hour
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Sharing some of my writing here to give a sense of the ideas I’m working. This was a difficult and emotional one to write, but a glimpse into the solitary world of chronic illness diagnosis & finding new connections with a body that has turned against you.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Proof of the previously mentioned cutest corgi in the world.
November 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Proof of the previously mentioned cutest corgi in the world.
Just introducing myself to Bluesky 👋
I research and write about a variety of things including grief, illness, and solitude. I’m currently writing about my own chronic illness, queerness and the unexpected connectedness of solitude. I’m also a human to the cutest corgi in the world.
I research and write about a variety of things including grief, illness, and solitude. I’m currently writing about my own chronic illness, queerness and the unexpected connectedness of solitude. I’m also a human to the cutest corgi in the world.
November 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Just introducing myself to Bluesky 👋
I research and write about a variety of things including grief, illness, and solitude. I’m currently writing about my own chronic illness, queerness and the unexpected connectedness of solitude. I’m also a human to the cutest corgi in the world.
I research and write about a variety of things including grief, illness, and solitude. I’m currently writing about my own chronic illness, queerness and the unexpected connectedness of solitude. I’m also a human to the cutest corgi in the world.