Jane Arthur is a writer and editor and was the recipient of the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize in 2018, judged by Eileen Myles. Born in New Plymouth, she lives in Wellington with her family and dogs. Her first poetry collection, Craven, was published by Victoria University Press in 2019. She was awarded a 2020 Emerging Writer Residency from the Michael King Writers Centre.
Jane Arthur takes us under the hood of her poem, ‘The Real Reason Why Hollywood Won’t Cast Jane Arthur Anymore’, from her book Craven.