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What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration --Elizabeth Bishop

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Hugh Foley

@hughfoley

I write and read poetry and fiction. This newsletter will be pretty much exclusively dedicated to the reading. I have taught English at universities including Liverpool, Oxford, Queen Mary University London, and University College London.