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George McWhirter and Emilie Moorhouse appear on a Griffin Prize longlist dominated by Americans
This list, selected by jurors A.F. Moritz (Canada), Jan Wagner (Germany), and Anne Waldman (U.S.), will not do much to mollify critics of the new prize regime.