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Luke Dunne is a writer from London. His poetry has appeared or will appear in The New Republic, The London Magazine, and berlin lit. His criticism has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston Review, The Little Review, West Branch, and Socrates on the Beach. He has won the Jane Martin Poetry Prize and been longlisted for the Dan Veach Prize, the London Magazine Poetry Prize, and the Bridport Prize.

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