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- ↑ Flood, Alison (7 November 2009). "Poet arrives 'out of the blue' to take Aldeburgh first poetry collection prize". The Guardian.
- ↑ Parker, Keith (2015). "J O Morgan's 'At Maldon'". Poetry School. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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