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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Operculum
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'Through the curved opening I could see the shell's spiralling innards; pink and wet-looking. I could hear the ocean. Not just by holding the shell to my ear, but every night as I opened my bedroom window to release the summer heat. The pink shell was perfect. It had been pocketed at Cape Schanck, at low tide, at the bottom of the long boardwalk.' (Publication summary)

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    y separately published work icon Voiceworks no. 111 Autumn 2018 16826452 2018 periodical issue 2018 pg. 62-69
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