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TRANQUILITY, SOLITUDE, AND OTHER POEMS

TRANQUILITY, SOLITUDE, AND OTHER POEMS

Karen Lee Oliver

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Editorial:
Xlibris
Año de edición:
2014
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781499015362

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Karen Lee Oliver was born in Poughkeepsie , NewYork on October 1,1959. She furthered a potential careerin ballet by moving to N.Y.C. in 1973 where she studiedon scholarship with American Ballet Th eater. Ms. Olivergraduated from the State University of New York at Albanywith a B.A. degree in English Literature Major/ Th eaterArts Major in 1981. She has since published three bookswith Xlibris: Pergola; 2002-2005, Tales From the Mirwoodand Tranquility, Solitude and Other Poems in 2014.Selections:1) THE LOTUS EATERS2) THE MONKS OF WALLENSBURG3) PICTURE IN THE SKIN4) VESTIBULES OF TIME

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