Christy Birmingham – M J Mallon YA Author and Poet

Feature When Women Inspire @ChristyBis #womenshistorymonth #women #poets #inspiring

Thank you so much to Christy for inviting ❤️ me to contribute for Women’s History Month. I’m discussing a new Portuguese poet, Florbela Espanca, and my love of poetry.

Do popover to Christy’s blog to read all her wonderful posts and contributors for Women’s History Month.

Here is the link to my post:

https://whenwomeninspire.com/2023/03/23/poet-florbela-espanca-mj-mallon/?amp=1

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Interview with M.J. Mallon, author of Lockdown Innit | When Women Inspire

Source: Interview with M.J. Mallon, author of Lockdown Innit | When Women Inspire

Thank you so much to Christy Birmingham for this wonderful interview at When Women Inspire. Means the world to me. Christy and I chat about my latest release – Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity, I share a 5 star review from author Richard Dee and an excerpt of one of the poems – Bucket List. Pop over to Christy’s blog to read the post and see the previous blogs I’ve written for When Women Inspire:

Addressing Self Harm in Fiction Writing (Guest Post)

Author MJ Mallon on Blogging, Dreams, and Her Paperback Release

Book Review – Versions of The Self: Christy Birmingham #ireadcanadian @christybis @ireadcanadian #nowmorethanever #poetry #review

Book Synopsis:

Imagine a shift to the way you see the world that arises through poetic narration.

Imagine the world, at its base level, is a collection of selves. These selves collide, disperse, intermingle, and share themselves in lines of free verse. Such is the premise of Versions of the Self, poetry that assumes multiple types of selves exist and relate in ways that alter them. Each of the eight chapters looks at a different type of self, including the singular “I” and romantic interactions. These unique 80 poems definitely color themselves outside of the lines.

Book Review:

This is a wonderful collection of personal poetry which gives a fascinating insight into the concept of self and how our selves are affected by and change due to outside factors such as our loves, vulnerability, family, friendships, and relationships.

It doesn’t shy away or hide from difficult themes, the words are there for the reader to see and interpret in free verse which flows like a river.

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of poetry. It’s a little different, quite deep and intense in parts and fascinating throughout.

Would highly recommend.

My rating: 4.5 stars.

Authors Links:

Blog: https://whenwomeninspire.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/christybis

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whenwomeninspire

This is the last in my group of three authors I read for @ireadcanadian. The other posts are:

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2021/02/20/book-review-darlene-foster-ireadcanadian-ireadcanadian-nowmorethanever/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2021/02/21/d-g-kaye-book-review-have-bags-will-travel-ireadcanadian-ireadcanadian-travel-book-review-nowmorethanever/