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Getting to the Point: Walking and feeling on the shorelines of Spurn (2024)
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Horkan, T. (2024, March). Getting to the Point: Walking and feeling on the shorelines of Spurn. Paper presented at ACLA 2024 Annual Conference (American Comparative Literature Association), Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Spurn is a narrow sandy spit on the Holderness coast of East Yorkshire, UK, which juts out into the mouth of the Humber Estuary, and is a place of rich ecological and historical interest. Because of its position at the boundary of river and sea, Spur... Read More about Getting to the Point: Walking and feeling on the shorelines of Spurn.