Helen Charman is writing a PhD about maternity at the University of Cambridge. She teaches English Literature to undergraduates, creative writing at the Poetry School, and primary school literacy in Hackney. Her poetry can be found in Carcanet’s New Poetries VII and her pamphlet, Support, support, came out with Offord Road Books in 2018. Her critical writing can be found in The White Review, The Baffler, King's Review and the LRB blog.