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    Fumigated

    By Ioana Petrescu

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    Ioana Petrescu is a Romanian-born poet who lives in Adelaide. Her poems have been published in Australia  and Romania, in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet. Her first poetry collection, I Say… (Wakefield Press 1999), received enthusiastic praise: ‘Petrescu is a versatile, cosmopolitan poet whose intelligence an

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateDec 3, 2016
    ISBN9781760412548
    Fumigated
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    Ioana Petrescu

    Ioana Petrescu is a Romanian-born Adelaide poet and academic who, since she came to Australia in 1996, has published two collections of poetry and over a hundred poems in Australian journals and overseas, has edited six books, has produced a poetry CD, and has supervised numerous creative writing projects at the University of South Australia. She is the Director of UniSA's Poetry and Poetics Centre.

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