Nicholas Taylor-Collins in front of a bookshelf

Nicholas Taylor-Collins

Literary researcher | Creative reader

Tag: Mercury Music Prize

  • Cellular vulnerability in ‘The Magic Border’ by Arlo Parks

    Cellular vulnerability in ‘The Magic Border’ by Arlo Parks

    Arlo Parks won the Mercury Prize in 2021 for her debut LP and then went on to release another album and a debut book of poetry in 2023. She doesn’t necessarily separate her poetry from her song lyrics. Parks suggests that her writing process is an exploration of self, referring to it as ‘cellular’. Some…