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Collected Poems Vol. 1

Collected Poems Vol. 1

Peter Riley

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Shearsman Books
Año de edición:
2018
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781848616103
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A major event, the publication of Peter Riley’s collected poems in two volumes covers his work from the early 1960s to today. Volume 1 covers 1962–1997, encompassing books such as Love-Strife Machine, The Linear Journal, The Llyn Writings, The Derbyshire Poems (including Lines on the Liver and Tracks and Mineshafts), Noon Province, Reader, Lecture, Author and Snow has Settled…

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