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The Girls at St Catherine’s - Paul Groves
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The Four Corners of the Circle - Paul Groves
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Thank You - Lachlan Mackinnon
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Nii Ayikwei Parkes
B. 1974
Nii Ayikwei Parkes grew up in Ghana but was born in the UK where he later returned for further study, where with the friendship and tutelage of fellow black poets he became a vibrant new voice in British performance poetry.
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by Pippa Little
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Boy Grandad - Flora de Falbe
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Poem for the Breasts - Sharon Olds
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C. K. Stead
B. 1932
Christian Karlson Stead (b. Auckland, New Zealand, 1932) Emeritus Professor at Auckland University, is perhaps New Zealand’s most internationally celebrated writer, with a literary life spanning more than fifty years as a poet, novelist, academic and critic. He is the author of eleven novels,…
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Edward Baugh
B. 1936
Edward Baugh is probably best known as a literary critic whose distinguished academic career has been devoted to West Indian literature, especially the study of Anglophone Caribbean poetry, and in particular the work of the towering Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott,…
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Pam Ayres
B. 1947
Pam Ayres is celebrated in the UK (and far beyond) as a favourite radio, TV and stage entertainer; it is impossible to read her comic poems without hearing her voice in your head. She says that she wrote them to…
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Clive James
B. 1939 D. 2019
Clive James (b. 1939, Sydney) is well known to UK audiences for work throughout the cultural sphere. His career as a poet continued alongside work that is, perhaps, more high-profile – he was the author of more than thirty books,…