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	Nervosities 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heavy Feather Review 3.4 by Heavy Feather, Priscilla Atkins, Matthew Beach 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Against the Day

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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

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Short Plays and Monologues

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“Whatever you set your mind to, your personal total obsession, this is what kills you. Poetry kills you if you're a poet, and so on. People choose their death whether they know it or not.”
― Don DeLillo, Libra

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