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The Dead and the Living

By Sharon Olds

By Sharon Olds

By Sharon Olds

By Sharon Olds

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Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry

Paperback $18.00

Feb 12, 1984 | ISBN 9780394715636

Ebook $11.99

Dec 05, 2012 | ISBN 9780307760548

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    About The Dead and the Living

    The 1983 Lamont poetry selection of the Academy of American Poets.

    About The Dead and the Living

    The 1983 Lamont poetry selection of the Academy of American Poets.

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    About Sharon Olds

    SHARON OLDS was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. The winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and England’s T. S. Eliot Prize for her 2012 collection, Stag’s Leap, she is the author of eleven previous books… More about Sharon Olds

    About Sharon Olds

    SHARON OLDS was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. The winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and England’s T. S. Eliot Prize for her 2012 collection, Stag’s Leap, she is the author of eleven previous books… More about Sharon Olds

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Knopf
    Feb 12, 1984 | 96 Pages | 5-11/16 x 8-3/8 | ISBN 9780394715636

    Category: Poetry

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Knopf
    Dec 05, 2012 | 96 Pages | ISBN 9780307760548

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