Erin Donohue

Erin Donohue is a writer and editor from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. Her novel Because Everything Is Right but Everything Is Wrong (2017) was a finalist in two categories in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. You can find her work in Landfall, Turbine | Kapohau, The Spinoff and more. In the name of poetry, she is currently undertaking the harrowing task of uncovering the feelings she repressed as a teen during inpatient psychiatric treatment. She is hoping to relearn who she was and maybe find out who she can be.

By Erin

Arya
For Anya, aged 21
Ode to my mood stabilisers