Kevin Halligan

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Kevin Halligan a Canadian poet and writer born in 1964, is best known for his poem The Cockroach and his poetry collection Utopia. [1] Many of his individual poems were published in the Times Literary Supplement from 1998 to 2006. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Halligan, Kevin. "WorldCat". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-05-30.