'I never saw writing as a viable career', says Wales' national poet
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Sam Hardwick/Hay FestivalHanan says she felt pressure to get 'a proper job' after universityHanan Issa has just surpassed the halfway milestone in her five-year stint as National Poet for Wales.Growing up, she said she never saw writing as a viable career: "I'm working class, raised in a council house and to me, it wasn't considered an option."But as the 11-day Hay Festival draws to a close on Sunday, she has…
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