Exemplary 

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  • Extent: 203pp
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The superego’s unvarying verdict:

you have failed, you deserve it, get over it! 

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Kate Lilley

Kate Lilley is a poet-scholar who has published three collections of poetry and two chapbooks. Her most recent book, Tilt (Vagabond), won the Victorian...

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