Exemplary 

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  • Published 20240507
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-95-5
  • Extent: 203pp
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About the author

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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