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Joe Santamaria
Joe Santamaria is a tutor, freelance writer and editor, co-host of Beyond the Verse, and the lead analyst at Poem Analysis. He first fell in love with poetry as a teenager and has since gained a degree in English and Related Literature from the University of York and a Masters in Irish Literature from Trinity College Dublin. He is one of the best-reviewed literature tutors in the UK and some of his favourite poets include Federico Garcia Lorca, Louise Gluck, and Michael Longley.