Kathleen McCracken (born 1960 in

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) is a

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poet, who was a shortlisted nominee for the

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for her collection ''Blue Light, Bay and College''."Governor-General's nominees announced". ''

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'', November 6, 1992. Her other collections have included ''Reflections'' (1978), ''Into Celebration'' (1980), ''The Constancy of Objects'' (1988), ''A Geography of Souls'' (2002), ''Mooncalves'' (2007), and ''Tattoo Land'' (2009), and her poetry has appeared in ''

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'', ''Poetry Canada Review'', ''Exile Quarterly'', ''Poetry Ireland'', ''The Shop'', ''Revival'', ''Abridged'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has lived in

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since 1992, where she teaches English and creative writing at Ulster University.

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