Dr Michael Malay
BA(Qld.), MA(Bristol), PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Environmental Humanities
Department of English
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Research interests
Research
I work on poetry and environmental literature. I have published articles on John Keats, Elizabeth Bishop, and Raymond Williams, as well as creative non-fiction on a range of subjects. I am the author of Late Light, a book about migration, belonging and extinction, as well as an academic monograph called The Figure of the Animal in Modern and Contemporary Poetry. I am currently working on two new projects, one about the life of John Berger, and the other about the relationship between plants and politics.
Teaching
I teach on the following courses:
Literature 1900-Present
Ideas and Society
American Nature Writing
Animal Planet
Literature and Environment: Diverse Perspectives
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Storying the Avon: From freshwater science to folklore
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
In light of the catastrophic river health in Britain, this project seeks to connect Bristolians with their local river, the Avon using a mix of archival research, community engagement and…Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
30/11/2024 to 30/08/2025
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
06/07/2023Late Light
Late Light
Severn Beach
Gifts of Gravity and Light: A Nature Almanac for the Twenty-first Century