Harley E. Ryley

‘I am a thing-told story’ and ‘In Guernica’ in The Sheffield Review

I am once again tentatively putting my work out in the world, after a relatively quiet period in the writing space (but not in the rest of life space!). I was really pleased to have two pieces accepted into The Sheffield Review this time, one poem and one piece of creative non-fiction.

Prose: Harley E. Ryley – Sheffield Review (wordpress.com)

Poetry: I am a Thing Told Story

What’s been interesting to see is how my writing has evolved over recent years. My poetry dominated the first year of my MA in 2021-22, and my creative non-fiction emerged in my second year in 2022-23. The themes are similar – selfhood, trauma, loss, memory – but the execution is very different!

Leave a comment

Harley E. Ryley is a memoir writer, poet & accidental novelist. She is currently studying for her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield and is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council via the White Rose College of Arts & Humanities. Her thesis will develop an innovative approach to memoir which plays with language, truth and rules, writing a meta-memoir on language-constructed selfhood. Sounds fun right?

Harley also uses her ‘proper job’ skills from her previous life as a Civil Servant to provide Business Development services to creative organisations. Check out ‘writing services’ to find out more.

Harley is a white 30-something woman with red wavy hair and wearing a white jumper. A red and blue block of flats is visible behind her.

Designed with WordPress