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Knowing Poetically: Notes on a Speculative Poetry Event

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Knowing Poetically: Notes on a Speculative Poetry Event. / Gräbner, Cornelia.
In: Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1, 29.05.2025.

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Harvard

Gräbner, C 2025, 'Knowing Poetically: Notes on a Speculative Poetry Event', Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, vol. 21, no. 1. <http://liminalities.net/21-1/knowing-poetically.pdf>

APA

Gräbner, C. (2025). Knowing Poetically: Notes on a Speculative Poetry Event. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 21(1). http://liminalities.net/21-1/knowing-poetically.pdf

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Gräbner C. Knowing Poetically: Notes on a Speculative Poetry Event. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. 2025 May 29;21(1).

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Gräbner, Cornelia. / Knowing Poetically : Notes on a Speculative Poetry Event. In: Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. 2025 ; Vol. 21, No. 1.

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