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 \n31  \n32.  \nSome of these poems have appeared in:The Anglo-WelshReview,P","cbCaimJIagoOEriZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimJIagoOEriZ","pdf",1356735,36,"English","# INTRODUCTION\n## Contents\n## Spring '72","[{\"question\":\"Who is Sheenagh Pugh, and what background is described in the introduction?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction states that Sheenagh Pugh was born in Birmingham in 1950 with Welsh and Irish parentage and later studied German and Russian at Bristol University. 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