Gemma Seltzer
Gemma Seltzer is a London-based writer working online, live and in print. She has presented her work in the UK and Europe, on BBC radio, and at festivals including Latitude and the Venice Biennale.
She runs Write & Shine, weekly early morning writing workshops and online courses.
Her new collection of short stories 'Ways of Living' is published by Influx Press in July 2021.
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www.write-and-shine.com
“Day 72I remember oranges and you don’t mind me leaving the queue momentarily to find some. When you say, Of course, you reach for my arm in sympathy and recognition. This may be the thing that breaks me today, that stops me in my tracks before driving me forward, turning a corner, making something work, letting everything happen. When I return, you’re touching my yoghurts, reading the ingredients, as though you are making them yours, protecting them in my absence and amusing yourself with the cherry-ness of them. On days like this, I want to take my strangers home with me.”
Gemma Seltzer