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Sharon Kernot knows how to make a pressing, potent, aching song from a stanza of free verse lines – and how to make a page of poetry talk its way into your head.
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Professor of English, University of Surrey
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PhD candidate, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool
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Professor of American History, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in English, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Screen, University of Westminster
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Literature, University of Liverpool
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Principal Lecturer in School of Art and Media, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor in Department of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University
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PhD Candidate Investigating Australian Espionage Fiction, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University
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Assistant Professor in Criminology, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Environmental Science, Adelaide University
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Professor of Media Practice, University of East Anglia