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For the sake of the light : new and selected poems /

This collection of new and selected poems by the former poet laureate of Alaska, Tom Sexton, opens a door on the essence of life in Alaska and Maine. Sexton divides his year between the two states, and he captures here the small but powerful sensual details of day-to-day life in these contrasting, y...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sexton, Tom, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2009.
Colección:University of Alaska Press - Alaska Writer Laureate.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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