Laura Varnam is the Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature at University College, Oxford. Her poetry is inspired by the Old English texts that she teaches, especially the epic poem Beowulf. She has been published in After…Poetry, Atrium, Bad Lilies, Banshee Lit, Crow of Minerva, Dear Reader Poetry, Dreich, Green Ink Poetry, Ink Sweat & Tears, MIR Online, Osmosis Press, and The Oxford Magazine. A selection of her Beowulf poetry and a creative-critical essay was recently published in the academic journal postmedieval.
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