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Sadness Corrected

Sadness Corrected

Marvin Cohen

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Editorial:
Sagging Meniscus Press
Año de edición:
2019
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781944697785
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Poetry. In this prodigious outpouring of short pieces, Marvin Cohen looks into every corner of human affairs, even the darkest - death, reproduction, evolution, friendship, grief, the vagaries of adaptation and survival - with a joyful spark that never goes out.

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