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Aaron Kent

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Cornwall, The United Kingdom

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Aaron Kent is a working class poet and publisher born and raised in Cornwall. He runs Broken Sleep Books and has had several pamphlets released. J H Prynne called his poetry 'Unicorn flavoured' and how do you top that? ...more

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	Anne-thology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare by Aaron Kent (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Laoutaris (Editor), Katherine Scheil (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	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
	Tertiary Colours 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	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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	Masculinity: An anthology of modern voices by Aaron Kent (Goodreads Author) (editor), Rick Dove (editor), Stuart McPherson (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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
	The Plum Review 3.83 avg rating — 6 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
	All Empty Vessels by Aaron Kent (Goodreads Author), Stuart McPherson 4.40 avg rating — 5 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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	Opening Line 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	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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The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

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“The editor wants something a little more oblique, a little less opaque. Let the reader watch you / dissolve.”
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“I am most spectacular in convalescence / of the night sky / when I break the shell / in search of silence as a plot device”
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