Sara Louise Wheeler on her Welsh Keywords article: ‘Ysgrif’
Our Welsh Keywords series offers contemporary perspectives on the meaning of Welsh words, inspired by Raymond Williams’ Keywords. In the current issue, Sara Louise Wheeler describes how she found herself chafing against the restrictions of academic writing and discovered the tradition of the ‘Ysgrif’ – the personal essay. She traces the history of this form, and argues that this mode of expression is one that neurodivergent people can excel at in particular.
In this video, Sara gives extra context to her piece and offers wider reflections on the ysgrif’s place in world literature…
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