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Love, A Fear - Celia A Sorhaindo
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In The Air - Celia A Sorhaindo
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In Memory of Herbert Morris - Malika Booker
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The Door of No Return - Yomi Sode
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Rachel Long
B. 1988
“The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. -Toni Morrison ”
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by Genevieve Carver
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Bad Girls Club - Phoebe Stuckes
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Race Riot, Tulsa, 1921 - Sharon Olds
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Connie Bensley
B. 1929
She has the comic's knack of placing a lot of weight on thin-shouldered words, words blurred by common currency which are suddenly brought into sharp focus and don't really want to be. Beyond the laughs there's great poignancy - Observer
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Imtiaz Dharker
B. 1954
Are words no more than waving, wavering flags? - 'The right word', Imtiaz Dharker
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Matthew Sweeney
B. 1952 D. 2018
The act of writing is a process of curiosity and discovery, with the unconscious mind leading, and everything focussing on finding the right concrete details. Matthew Sweeney