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by Robin Robertson • from The Long Take • Picador
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Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson has published five collections of poetry and has received a number of honors, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and all three Forward Prizes.
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