Meryl Pugh was born in 1968 and grew up in Wales, New Zealand, East Anglia and the Forest of Dean, where her family settled. Short-listed for the New Writing Ventures Poetry Prize in 2005, she is a Hawthornden Fellow. Her first pamphlet, <em>Relinquish</em>, was published in 2007 by Arrowhead Press. She is a PhD candidate at UEA and lives in Norwich and London, where she teaches creative writing.
SynopsisThe Bridle is concerned with the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the human condition. Childhood, family, memory, myth – even the arguments and silences between lovers –...