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The gate, 9 June 2024

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Stephen Morrissey: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Stephen Morrissey was born in Montreal. Morrissey is the author of ten books of poetry; a second book of literary criticism was recently published, The Green Archetypal Field of Poetry, on poetry, poets, and psyche (Ekstasis Editions, 2022). Morrissey’s Farewell, Darkness, Selected Poems (Ekstasis Editions, 2023) brings together the best of Morrissey’s poetry written over the last fifty years.

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