Alexandra is a teacher and writer with an interest in culture, feminism and education. She has a BA in English Literature from Cambridge and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from Birkbeck. She writes poetry, short stories and is in the final throes of a novel. When she isn't teaching or writing she can often be found chasing her two small children around her dog
Ali Cocksworth finds Strange Heart Beating to be an interesting study of grief and relationships, but feels that at points the novel privileges craft over emotional depth
Ali Cocksworth finds Dana Spiotta's Innocents and Others to be impressive and intricate, but questions whether the movie montage style of the narrative could leave readers feeling alienated