Adelle Stripe

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Adelle Stripe
Born1976 (age 44–45)
York, North Yorkshire, England
OccupationWriter
SpouseBen Myers
Website
www.adellestripe.com

Adelle Stripe (born 1976)[1] is an English writer and journalist.

Work[]

Stripe's writing is rooted in the non-fiction novel form and explores working-class culture, untold histories of Northern England, popular music, and small-town life.

Her debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, was based on the life and work of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.[2] The Spectator said this literary portrayal mixed fiction and biography in the manner of Gordon Burn, and 'restores Dunbar to the place and time that made her — the north of England of the 1970s and 1980s.'[3] The novel was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize,[4] received the Society of Authors' K Blundell Trust Award for Fiction,[5] and was shortlisted for the Portico Prize, an award for "outstanding literature that best evokes the spirit of the north."[6] A stage adaptation of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Freedom Studios and screenwriter Lisa Holdsworth toured across Yorkshire in 2019.[7]

As a journalist, Stripe has written features on theatre, film, literature and music for The Quietus, Yorkshire Post and Caught by the River.

Previously, Stripe was primarily a poet,[8] and was affiliated with the Offbeat Generation. In 2006, alongside Tony O'Neill and Ben Myers she formed possibly the first literary movement spawned via a social networking site, the Brutalists, who the BBC described as a 'group of young writers with a back-to-basics approach to poetry'.[9] The Humber Star, her poem based on the experiences of women in 19th century Hessle Road, was performed at John Grant's North Atlantic Flux, for Hull UK City of Culture 2017.[10]

Personal life[]

Stripe grew up in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, and attended Tadcaster Grammar School. A former window dresser and factory worker, she moved to East London and became a music programmer on Brick Lane. Her early stories and poems were published on blogs and local fanzines, and were developed via Chuck Palahniuk's online writing forum, The Cult. She studied Creative Writing as a mature student at the University of Greenwich and University of Manchester.[11] Her PhD thesis on Andrea Dunbar, non-fiction novels and contemporary northern literature was awarded by the University of Huddersfield in 2017.[12]

Bibliography[]

Fiction[]

  • 2017: Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile. Wrecking Ball Press [13]
  • 2017: Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile. Little, Brown Book Group [14]

Non Fiction[]

  • 2021: Stay Alive Till '75. Ration Books [15]
  • 2019: Sweating Tears with Fat White Family. Rough Trade Books [16]

Poetry[]

  • 2012: Dark Corners of the Land. Blackheath Books [17]
  • 2009: Cigarettes In Bed. Blackheath Books [18]
  • 2008: Brutalism One: Nowhere Fast. Captains of Industry Press
  • 2008: Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid. Blackheath Books

Drama[]

  • 2019: Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile. Adaptation by Lisa Holdsworth. Methuen Drama [19]

Anthologies[]

  • 2021: Excavate: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall. Faber & Faber [20]
  • 2019: Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers. Unbound [21]
  • 2016: Spring: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons. Elliott & Thompson Limited [22]
  • 2015: Untitled One: Neu! Reekie!. Birlinn [23]
  • 2012: Counterfeit Crank. Sick Fly Publications [24]
  • 2010: Dwang: Issue Two. Tangerine Press [25]
  • 2009: Dwang: Issue One. Tangerine Press [26]
  • 2008: 3:AM London, New York, Paris. Social Disease [27]

Edited works, introductions and forewords[]

Recordings[]

  • 2021: Adelle's Dream: The Eccentronic Research Council. Castles in Space [30]
  • 2020: From Sacred Heart: Smagghe & Cross. Offen Music [31]
  • 2017: Cock of the North: Smagghe & Cross . Offen Music [32]

References[]

  1. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Adelle Stripe - Adelle Stripe". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "ANDREA DUNBAR-INSPIRED NOVEL TO FLEET |". bookseller.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "The short, reckless life of Andrea Dunbar". The Spectator. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Denise Mina makes Gordon Burn Prize shortlist | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "News | The Society of Authors". societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Six-strong Portico Prize shortlist channels 'spirit of the North' | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ^ Wiegand, Chris (10 December 2018). "Andrea Dunbar's life story to be staged in Bradford pub". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ^ Devaney, Beulah (2 July 2016). "Remembering Brutalism: the Myspace Literary Movement that Everyone Hated". Vice. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. ^ Masters, Tim (7 October 2010). "Does poetry need a special day?". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  10. ^ "'I'm drawn to strong women'". Morning Star. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  11. ^ University of Greenwich. "Book Club: 7 alumni writers to be proud of". Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  12. ^ Stripe, Adelle. "Writing Andrea Dunbar: framing the non-fiction novel in the literary north". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  13. ^ Stripe, Adelle (2017). Black teeth and a brilliant smile. [Hull, England]. ISBN 978-1-903110-48-5. OCLC 990847812.
  14. ^ Stripe, Adelle (2017). Black teeth and a brilliant smile. London, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-7088-9895-6. OCLC 1023843825.
  15. ^ "Stay Alive Till '75". Alimentation. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Sweating Tears with Fat White Family". Rough Trade Books. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  17. ^ Stripe, Adelle (2013). Dark corners of the land. Pembrokeshire, Wales. ISBN 978-1-906099-29-9. OCLC 908194991.
  18. ^ "Cigarettes in Bed". Blackheath Books. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  19. ^ Holdsworth, Lisa (2019). Black teeth and a brilliant smile. London. ISBN 978-1-350-13592-5. OCLC 1096529689.
  20. ^ Tessa Norton; Bob Stanley, eds. (2021). Excavate! : the wonderful and frightening world of the fall. London. ISBN 978-0-571-35835-9. OCLC 1244130752.
  21. ^ Kit De Waal, ed. (2019). Common people : an anthology of working-class writers. London. ISBN 978-1-78352-745-8. OCLC 1090420387.
  22. ^ Melissa Harrison, ed. (2016). Spring : an anthology for the changing seasons. London. ISBN 978-1-78396-223-5. OCLC 944312456.
  23. ^ Kevin Williamson; Michael Pedersen, eds. (2015). #UntitledOne. Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-84697-334-5. OCLC 928837634.
  24. ^ Sick Fly Publications (2012). Counterfeit crank : modern poetry for private people. London. ISBN 978-0-9553402-9-1. OCLC 806100014.
  25. ^ Michael Curran; A. D. Winans, eds. (2010). Dwang. issue two, 2010 : previously unpublished handbound ; poetry, prose, graphics. London: Tangerine Press. ISBN 978-0-9553402-6-0. OCLC 752669361.
  26. ^ Michael Curran, ed. (2009). Dwang : previously unpublished poetry, prose, graphics / 1. London: Tangerine Press. ISBN 978-0-9553402-3-9. OCLC 424570840.
  27. ^ Andrew Stevens, ed. (2008). 3:AM London, New York, Paris. London: Social Disease. ISBN 978-0-9552829-5-9. OCLC 339242033.
  28. ^ Burn, Gordon (2019). Alma Cogan. London. ISBN 978-0-571-34728-5. OCLC 1103962072.
  29. ^ "Akiko Yosano — Sweet is the Taste of Tears, with Adelle Stripe". www.thetangerinepress.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  30. ^ The Eccentronic Research Council – The Dreamcatcher Tapes Volumes 1 & 2 (2021, Vinyl), retrieved 13 June 2021
  31. ^ "Smagghe & Cross - 1819". Discogs. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  32. ^ Smagghe & Cross – MA (2017, Vinyl), retrieved 13 June 2021
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