Profile
Andie-Kristina graduated from Loughborough University in 2022, having written her dissertation on her favourite poet, Louis MacNeice. Her dissertation looked at MacNeice’s 1930s poetry and his autobiographical long poem, Autumn Journal, as a source of moral consciousness that may be utilised to document one’s personal experiences and provide political criticism. Her supervisor, Professor Clare Hutton, hailed this dissertation as ‘one of the very best.’ She later pursued an MA at Keele University, where she collaborated with Doctor Rebecca Bowler. Her dissertation, which received a distinction, examined MacNeice’s link to Ezra Pound’s Imagism and subliminal influences in literature. She graduated from Keele in 2024, shortly after accepting a funded research studentship to study a PhD at Loughborough, thanks to the School of Social Sciences and Humanities in the Department of English.
Her lifelong ambition is to work as an academic in Belfast while also finishing her poetry collection, which she believes would be of interest to Faber & Faber. She also wants to educate people about lesser-known poets like MacNeice, whose voices deserve to be heard. Her most prized possession is an exceedingly rare edition of MacNeice’s Blind Fireworks, which she constantly keeps within an inch of herself.
Andie is also the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of her company, Louis MacNeice Society. Her website, which receives thousands of views every month, raises awareness of a much-underappreciated poet, while also uniting like-minded scholars and enhancing the literary community. Andie would want to hear from any other students who are interested in Irish literature, modernist poetry, and writing on the confessional female voice.