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	Fuck Poetry by John Burroughs (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Contributor), Susan Amethyst (Contributor), Sarah Black (Contributor) 4.53 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011	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
	Too Much: Tales of Excess by Chuck Howe (Goodreads Author), Meg Tuite (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Michael Gillan Maxwell (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014	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
	HSTQ: Winter 2020 by Arthur Graham (Goodreads Author), Thumper Devotchka, Anthony Dirk Ray 4.38 avg rating — 21 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
	Retrograde 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014	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
	This Is Poetry (Volume I: Women of the Small Press) by Brian Fugett (Editor), Arlene Ang (Goodreads Author), C.V. Auchterlonie 4.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	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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	Knuckle Tattoos 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010	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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	Ruby True 4.60 avg rating — 5 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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