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Mary Ford Neal is a writer and academic from the West of Scotland. She is the author of two recent poetry collections: Dawning (2021, Indigo Dreams) and Relativism (2022, Taproot Press). She is currently finalising two pamphlets. Her work has twice been commissioned for the BBC and has received BOTN and Pushcart nominations. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in a range of online/print magazines, including The London Magazine, Orange Blossom Review, One Hand Clapping, Bad Lilies, The Shore, One Art, The Interpreter’s House, Anthropocene, Long Poem Magazine, and many others.
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