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London Review of Books Christmas Books

Colloquially Speaking

Patrick McGuinness

  • The Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland since 1945 edited by Simon Armitage and Robert Crawford
  • The Firebox: Poetry from Britain and Ireland after 1945 edited by Sean O’Brien

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Patrick McGuinness, a fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford, is the author of Maurice Maeterlinck and the Making of Modern Theatre.

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