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Cathleen Allyn Conway

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Cathleen Allyn Conway, PhD studied creative writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is a Gothicist and Sylvia Plath scholar who has presented her research in the US, UK, and mainland Europe.

She is the author of Bloofer (Broken Sleep Books, 2023), Nocturnes (Cherry Dress Chapbooks, 2023), American Ingénue (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), All the Twists of the Tongue (Grey Book Press, 2018) and Static Cling (Dancing Girl Press, 2012). Her poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies in the UK, US, and Australia.

As a journalist, her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sun, the Financial Times, Bitch, the i paper, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Telegraph.

Cat is also a fully qualified teacher of secondary English and has ...more

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	Come As You Are by E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chen Chen (Contributor), Rosebud Ben-Oni (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emma Press Anthology of Contemporary Gothic Verse by Nisha Bhakoo (Editor), Dai’an Wright (illustrator), Elaine Baker 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is Poetry (Volume I: Women of the Small Press) by Brian Fugett (Editor), Arlene Ang (Goodreads Author), C.V. Auchterlonie 4.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Static Cling 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toxic Cultures: A Companion by Cathleen Allyn Conway (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Simon Bacon (Editor), Patricia MacCormack (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lilith Rising: Perspectives on Evil and the Feminine by Cathleen Allyn Conway (Goodreads Author) (editor), Deniz Özbek Özyurt (Contributor), Kirsten Smith (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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