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- Published 20150203
- ISBN: 9781922182678
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook
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Rosemary Longhurst
Rosemary Longhurst has taught at UWA, Murdoch and Edith Cowan Universities and directed for the Artrage Festival. Her works include a collection of poems...
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