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Joe Duggan

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Joe Duggan is a poet, writer and facilitator, originally from Northern Ireland. His first full collection “Fizzbombs” was published by Tall Lighthouse in 2008. He was highly commended in The Forward Prize 2009 and featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 2010.

He was a founder member of the “Bunch of Chancers” Poetry Group in Derry, touring throughout Ireland and New York State. His work has been published by Brand, Abridged, Fingerpost, Bear in Mind (Lagan Press), Cúirt Journal and the Shuffle Anthology. He has also written stories for children, rap lyrics for the Irish band Different Drums, two texts for Echo Echo Dance Company and recorded with ambient-loop geniuses “The Fireflies” and with “Woodleigh Research Facility” for legendary DJ And
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Rescue Contraptions

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Fizzbombs

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Rescue Contraptions by Joe Duggan
"These are magnificent poems about love. Not airy-fairy, hearts-and-flowers romantic love. Strong love, the love between fathers and sons, brothers, friends, love made difficult by illness and anger, age and culture. Love told in a deceptively convers" Read more of this review »
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"Question: can I read a book where all the women characters are bitches or morons?

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"I seem to be finding myself in the minority a lot these days. The first half of this book was pretty close to marvelous, and then it went south on me (that is a pun). Anyway, after my attempt at weak humor, let me resume in a serious note to say I wa" Read more of this review »
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