Rebecca Watts

Besides, I was too distracted by the pathological attitude of its faux-naïve author, and too offended by its editor's exemplary bad faith, to ignore the broader questions it provokes.

"[7] Although the article began from this point Watts also discussed the work of poets such as Rupi Kaur and Kae Tempest.

This article subsequently received coverage in several national news outlets such as The Guardian, which described it as, variously "excoriating", "a stinging critique" and "Giving a fresh meaning to the notion of a poetry slam".

This time round, it is an essay in the latest issue of the poetry magazine PN Review, 'The Cult of the Noble Amateur'".

[9] McNish commented on her blog: "I just feel like this is an extremely one-sided piece and if it's going to be used to prove how shite and attention-seeking I am, I'd like a space to stand up for myself", before going on to provide a line-by-line response to the essay.