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Book Title: Sun Out : Selected Poems 1952-1954
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Author: Kenneth Koch
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, Subjects & Themes / Places, General, American / General
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 6.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages