Yrsa Daley-Ward: ‘I feel lucky these things have happened, because I have a story and a half’

Part of a new generation of writers and poets catching the imagination through the medium of Instagram, Daley-Ward has now produced a grippingly honest memoir that chronicles her troubled past, writes Nadine O’Regan

Yrsa Daley-Ward: ‘Shame in the human condition is one of the heaviest things you can feel’ Pic: Nicole Nodland

Don’t look now, but poetry is having a bit of a moment.

Instagram is responsible for many troubling trends – among them the rise of the selfie and influencers flogging products – but the picture-sharing social media app is also creating a new phenomenon: Insta-poetry, whereby young poets are rising to prominence through the medium of Instagram.

From Rupi Kaur to RM Drake, poets are using the slick functionality of Instagram to win ...