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THE VANITY PAPERS OXFORD LITERARY REVIEW

Contributors J - M

J. MENDOZA-WHITE is a bilingual writer and an alumnus of Creative Writing at Oxford University. She sometimes wonders what life without writing would be like, but her mind goes blank.

JAMES BERLINO he has worked as a venture capitalist investing in life sciences companies for the past twenty years. 

JAMES HOLMES studied history at The University of Oxford. A passionate actor and writer of a young adult mystery novel and a children’s book. He, just like the protagonist in his story has also arm-wrestled hard men in bars. @oxford_university_cocktails

JAMES REIDEL is best known for his biography of the poet Weldon Kees, Vanished Act (2003), Daisy Goodwin’s BBC2 documentary Looking for Robinson (1993), which featured Simon Armitage, Kees pieces in Beatdom, and the film Schneewittchen (2024).

JAMIE CAMERON was born in Swansea, Wales and grew up in the East Midlands. His poetry has been published in Anthropocene, Wet Grain, The High Window, Aesthetica Magazine and is forthcoming in Broken Sleep’s Masculinity: An Anthology of Modern Voices. He won the 3rd prize in The London Magazine Poetry Prize, where he now works as an editor. Away from writing, he spends time playing and coaching basketball.

JENNIFER NOLAN is reading for a DPhil in Archaeology at Kellogg. She enjoys exploring museums, stone circles, collecting dusty old tomes and sailing on the open sea.

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JESSE WOODS is an alumnus of Creative Writing at Somerville College. He likes staring at maps and keeping a basketball in the back seat of his car, just in case.

JOANNE MALONE is an alumnus of Educational Assessment at Kellogg College. She really enjoys interesting conversations with friends when she isn't craving thousands of square kilometres of open space.

JOE FOYE is a writer and law student from West Sussex. He’s currently developing his first novel and script, but spends most of his time writing silly limericks.

JOHANNA BÖTTIGER a second year reading English—who was in a rather precarious living situation and writes mainly self-reverentially about the utter chaos that is her life @johannaboettiger

JOHN DELANEY publications include chapbooks and collections Waypoints (2017), Twenty Questions (2019), Delicate Arch (2022), Galápagos (2023), Nile (2024). He lives in Port Townsend, WA. www.johnmdelaney.com

JOSH COBLER is a second BA student in law. Before coming to Oxford, he studied anthropology in California. Outside of academia, he loves staying engaged in social justice issues, traveling to new places, trying new foods, day dreaming, and writing.

LAURA THEIS writes in her second language. Her work appears in Poetry, Oxford Poetry, The Irish Times, Poetry Birmingham, Magma, Rattle, Mslexia, Berlin Lit, etc. Accolades include the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize, Oxford Brookes Poetry Prize, AM Heath Prize, Mogford Prize, and a Forward Prize nomination. Her debut how to extricate yourself, an Oxford Poetry Library Book-of-the-Month, was nominated for the Elgin Award and won the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize. A Spotter’s Guide To Invisible Things received the Live Canon Collection Prize, and the Arthur Welton Award from the Society of Authors. Her latest publications are Introduction To Cloud Care (Broken Sleep Books) and her forthcoming children’s debut Poems From A Witch’s Pocket (Emma Press).

LAUREN GAPPER is a Creative Writing MSt student from Kellogg College, Oxford. She is predominantly a screenwriter but dabbles in prose fiction and occasionally poetry. She spends equal time between Oxford and Lincolnshire, the latter being a source of inspiration for much of her writing and films.

LISA BLACKWELL is a writer and performer. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in journals, anthologies and online, and her first prose poetry chapbook, ‘How it will happen’, was the Three Trees Portfolio Award winner 2022 (published by Maytree Press) @lisablackwellwrite

LUA VALINO DE JONG is a lyrical prose writer. They were the chair of the Literature Society at University College Roosevelt, and editor of the Fiction & Poetry column of the magazine Tabula RASA. Beyond writing, their interests include history, as well as queer and feminist studies. They are currently doing a Masters in Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford. @lua_jong

LUCY POOK is a multi-disciplinary artist, whose media dance between drawing, painting, poetry, stand-up comedy and performance art, to create a holistic practice that evokes the Gombrich stance of “There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.” @pookpayingattention

MADELEINE LAMM is an alumnus of the Creative Writing MSt. Her poetry has been published in Chargé d'affaires, Wet Grain, Marin Poetry Journal, and elsewhere.

MADHAV CHOWDRY is an orthopaedic surgery resident, passionate about learning, teaching and discovering. @madhavmanu @dr-madhav-chowdhry @bone_afied

MAI SERHAN is an alumnus of Creative Writing at Regent’s Park College. Her writing is preoccupied with the sad and the depressing when she’s actually, generally, a happy person. 

MARGARITA GOKUN SILVER is a NYT, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Oprah-published essayist who is an alumnus of the MSt in Creative Writing in Oxford and is trying her hand at fiction. Her essay collection I Named My Dog Pushkin came out in 2021 with Hachette.

MARY JANE HOLMES is an alumnus of Kellogg College, is embroiled in a PhD in Creative Writing at Newcastle University, UK. mary-janeholmes.com

MAREE JACOB is an avid reader, enthusiastic writer and general practitioner based in the east of England. 

MAY HO trained as a designer, an archaeologist, and a sustainability leader. She is reading Applied Landscape Archaeology at Harris Manchester and resides in London she has written for VoltEd, Varsity, Cherwell, and Oxford Blue.

MEESHA WILLIAMS grew up on Noongar Boodja, now known as Western Australia. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter exploring First Nations Australian literature. Her writing has been recognised in competitions including The Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award, The National Poetry Competition and the Mslexia Women’s Poetry Prize.

MEGAN CHESTER is an alumnus of the MSt in Creative Writing at Somerville College. She can usually be found reading a book, rowing a boat, riding a bike, or using too much alliteration.

METRA MITCHELL is an American painter whose work has been exhibited internationally. Metra Mitchell’s work has been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. Her work has been published in Juxtapoz Magazine, St. Louis Riverfront Times, All She Makes Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, All the Arts Magazine, Create! Magazine & LUXE Interior + Design Magazine.