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Published by Monitor, publication date 21 May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country\u2019s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, Talk a Blue Streak <\/em>examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch readings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield – Wednesday, October 7th, 6.15pm, Centre for Poetry and Poetics @ University of Sheffield, with Imogen Cassels, AJ Moore and Linda Kemp<\/a> (Free, not ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todmorden – Saturday, September 19th, 5pm, Fielden Hall, with Maria Horn and John Powell-Jones<\/a> (Ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belper –\u00a0Tuesday, July 14, 7pm, Dormouse Books, with Holly Pester<\/a>\u00a0(Free, not ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nottingham –\u00a0Saturday, June 27, 4pm: Beam, with Jazmine Linklater and Alan Fielden<\/a>\u00a0(Free, ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bristol –\u00a0Wednesday, June 24, 7pm: East Bristol Books, with Fatema Abdoolcarim<\/a>\u00a0(Pay as you can, ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

London – Saturday, June 6, 7pm: Hundred Years Gallery, with Vicky Sparrow and Jess Higgins<\/a> (Suggested donation \u00a35, not ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edinburgh – Saturday, May 23, 6.30pm: Fruitmarket Gallery with Colin Herd <\/a> (Free, ticketed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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