Polly AtkinPolly Atkin lives in Grasmere, in the English Lake District. Her debut poetry collection Basic Nest Architecture was published in February 2017 by Seren, followed in October 2021 by her second collection Much With Body, a PBS Winer 2021 recommendation and Laurel Prize longlistee, supported by a 2020 Northern Writers Award and a residency at Cove Park. Her biography, Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth (Saraband, 2021) is the first to focus on Dorothy's later life and illness, and place her into Disability History. Her memoir in essays exploring place, belonging and chronic illness, Some Of Us Just Fall, will be published by Sceptre in summer 2023 and Unnamed Press in 2024. Read More Read Less