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Introducing Carol Ann Duffy

Introducing Carol Ann Duffy. "Poetry, like love, depends on a kind of recognition. So often with Duffy does the reader say, 'Yes, that's it exactly,' that she could well become the representative poet of the present day." Sean O'Brien in the Sunday Times. About her.

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Introducing Carol Ann Duffy

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  1. Introducing Carol Ann Duffy

  2. "Poetry, like love, depends on a kind of recognition.So often with Duffy does the reader say, 'Yes, that's it exactly,'that she could well become the representative poet of the present day." Sean O'Brien in the Sunday Times

  3. About her • Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1955 • She grew up in Staffordshire and went to University in Liverpool • She now teaches at the University of Manchester

  4. Her poetry • She had her first poem published when she was 18, called Fleshweathercock • Her first collection of poetry for young readers was published in 1997 • She is the editor of the Poetry magazine AMBIT, presents on Radio 4 and writes for the Guardian • She writes in the first person but takes on the persona of a usually fictional person/character

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