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Radio 4,09 Jun 2023,14 mins

Motherdaughter Daughtermother by Susannah Dickey

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An original short story commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from the writer Susannah Dickey. Read by Lola Petticrew. Susannah Dickey is the author of four poetry pamphlets, I had some very slight concerns (2017), genuine human values (2018), bloodthirsty for marriage (2020), and Oh! (2022). Her poetry has been published in The TLS, Poetry London, and Poetry Ireland Review. Her short fiction has been published in The Dublin Review and The White Review. In 2019 she won the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, and in 2021 she was longlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award. She is an Eric Gregory Award winner, a prize granted for a collection by poets under the age of 30. Her debut poetry collection, Isdal, will be published in 2023. She is the author of Tennis Lessons (2020) and Common Decency (2022), both published by Doubleday UK. Writer: Susannah Dickey Reader: Lola Petticrew Producer: Michael Shannon Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland production.

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