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Emily Berry

Emily Berry is a poet. Her third collection, Unexhausted Time (2022), is published by Faber & Faber.

Dispatches from the land of Long Covid

My search for a cure took me into the strange waters of wellness.

By Emily Berry

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Unlike most poets, Philip Larkin dared to be mean

People rarely moved him to sentiments of kindness but one senses that he wished they would.

By Emily Berry

Emily Berry on To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey: “It speaks to your shipwrecked feelings”

From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.

By Emily Berry

“Song“: a new poem by Emily Berry

after Luna Miguel When I became mermaid it was for this reason. The girl I love is a beautiful…

By Emily Berry

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