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The Non-Human Irresistible: A Speculative Poetry Event on Portals, Ports and Shorelines, from Cork and Merseyside

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Special issue › peer-review

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The Non-Human Irresistible: A Speculative Poetry Event on Portals, Ports and Shorelines, from Cork and Merseyside. / Gräbner, Cornelia (Editor); Rees, Eleanor.
In: Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1, 29.05.2025.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Special issue › peer-review

Harvard

Gräbner, C (ed.) & Rees, E 2025, 'The Non-Human Irresistible: A Speculative Poetry Event on Portals, Ports and Shorelines, from Cork and Merseyside', Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, vol. 21, no. 1. <http://liminalities.net/21-1/>

APA

Gräbner, C. (Ed.), & Rees, E. (2025). The Non-Human Irresistible: A Speculative Poetry Event on Portals, Ports and Shorelines, from Cork and Merseyside. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 21(1). http://liminalities.net/21-1/

Vancouver

Gräbner C, (ed.), Rees E. The Non-Human Irresistible: A Speculative Poetry Event on Portals, Ports and Shorelines, from Cork and Merseyside. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. 2025 May 29;21(1).

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Gräbner, Cornelia (Editor) ; Rees, Eleanor. / The Non-Human Irresistible : A Speculative Poetry Event on Portals, Ports and Shorelines, from Cork and Merseyside. In: Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. 2025 ; Vol. 21, No. 1.

Bibtex

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