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	The Death of Music Journalism 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings	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
	On Song - Stories Behind New Zealand's Pop Classics 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	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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	Wrestling Is Fake. That’s What Makes It So Real. : Selected Grapplings (2005-2015) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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On the Fragility of Life (ERIS gems)

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to build whole city states
out of poems

how everything you see here
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the bones of dreams

how having a stiff
drink with lorca meant
you had to write
everything down right away

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