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by Fokkina McDonnell
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by Celia A Sorhaindo
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John Glenday
B. 1952
A haunting music full of subtlety of thought and religious echoes. -- Charles Bainbridge, The Guardian
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Cilla McQueen
B. 1949
In the face of loss - human, natural, temporal - McQueen finds salvation in language. Often her work is about artistic endeavour itself: the desire to freeze time, the realisation that this is impossible - Sarah Quigley
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Sheenagh Pugh
B. 1950
Who wants to know / a story's end, or where a road will go? - Sheenagh Pugh, 'What If This Road'
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Grace Nichols
B. 1950
Not only rich music, an easy lyricism, but also grit, and earthy honesty, a willingness to be vulnerable and clean. - Gwendolyn Brooks