Tate Devonald
Bio
Graduated English Literature/Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in 2018. Currently living in Cardiff and trying to write my first masterpiece. I know it'll be great... If I could just get a single word on the page.
Stories (3/0)
Blue Sky, Brown Paper
The two of us sat on the cold plastic of the swing set in complete silence. The sun had been on it’s long, lackadaisical journey towards the horizon for the last hour. A soft breeze rippled through my hair, a streak of dark brown flashing across my vision as my fringe was swept over my eyes. I brought up my arm in a slow, considered movement, and brushed it aside as I broke the tense silence.
By Tate Devonald3 years ago in Fiction
Commentary: The Birthday Party is an American Tragedy
When Kayne West stated that he was going to run for President in 2020 in a cryptic tweet, I thought that it was just another publicity stunt. Still, I diligently analysed every word, combing through for any hint about his policy platform. ‘[T]rusting God’? Perhaps he’s running on a religious fundamentalist platform. ‘[U]nifying our vision’? Proposing an end to the bi-partisan system, perhaps. ‘[B]uilding our future’? The usual buzzwords around education, or is Ye considering trying to cause a tech industry boom? Or perhaps it’s an allusion to environmentalism, aiming to plant more trees.
By Tate Devonald4 years ago in The Swamp
Top 10 Mind-Blowing Albums of the Last 10 Years
Everyone has their own taste in music, it's true. But there is one thing that we can all agree on — we all have one album that blows our tiny minds every time we hear it. In this post, I'm going to bring you 10 of mine — and tell you why they are some of the best things I have ever heard in my life.
By Tate Devonald6 years ago in Beat
