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    <body><![CDATA[Boland's insight and reflection provides the basis for my strongest beliefs about the role of writing in society and the role of a female poet.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A poets biographical journey of how she came to find her poetic voice within the context of her own experiences as a woman, being Irish, an immigrant, and an object within the male Irish poetic tradition.<br/><br/>Even non-poets who enjoy biography will find her perspectives intriguing as we all s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36191515">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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