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  • Published 20231107
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-89-4
  • Extent: 208pp
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the book holds the horse – rustling in

there, taking pages between lips, rubbing

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Morgan Yasbincek

Morgan Yasbincek’s first collection, Night Reversing (1996), won the Anne Elder and Mary Gilmore awards. Firelick (2004) was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s CJ...

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