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Adrian Manning

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Adrian Manning is a poet and publisher. He has had numerous poems, broadsides and chapbooks published in print and on - line around the world.
He is also the editor of Concrete Meat Press.

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	13 Poems from the Edge of Extinction it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Copies of the limited edition publication of 'These Hands Of Mine' have been mailed out to early purchasers. Limited to 50 numbered, hand painted cover and handwritten broadside copies this includes the Kendra Steiner Editions poems previously published plus 'These Hands In Dub' - a stripped back version.

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