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- Published 20220503
- ISBN: 978-1-922212-74-0
- Extent: 264pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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Scott-Patrick Mitchell
Scott-Patrick Mitchell is a Boorloo based non-binary poet who was the recipient of the 2022 Red Room Poetry Fellowship. They are completing a Westerly...
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