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- Published 20190806
- ISBN: 9781925773798
- Extent: 264pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook
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Philip Dean
Philip Dean is a poet and playwright. His works include Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls, First Asylum and the opera libretto Seeking True South.
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