Colette Sheridan talks to Molly Twomey whose debut poetry collection deals with her eating disorder

Using literature as a means to deal with inner conflicts

Molly Twomey

Award-winning young poet, Molly Twomey, whose debut collection Raised Among Vultures chronicles a history of eating disorders and inner conflicts, says she has “an all or nothing personality”. It’s something the Cork-based Lismore native is trying to work on.

When Twomey (26) was a student at NUI Galway, she became unwell with an eating disorder and had to give up her studies. During her time in the City of Tribes, she went through a phase of “drinking to the point of being absolutely drunk because I was just so lost. None of it was fun really, bar the poetry. I suppose I wasn’t eating. I do feel that part of my life was really just a blur.”