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Southampton’s academics team up with local creative writing organisation to prompt new relationships between the University and local communities

What began life as a project about the coast became an exercise in something much bigger.

  • A Black man writes on a notepad as he stands outside, a blue sky and a bridge behind

    Uncovering the importance of mentoring in supporting young writers

    The Romantic myth of the lone poet has dominated our understanding of creative practice. Yet a collaborative project led by the University’s Will May has shown how mentors shape the work of contemporary poets.

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