There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé

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Published by Tin House Books, Portland, Oregon, and Brooklyn, New York

Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Parker, Morgan, author.

Title: There are more beautiful things than Beyonce / Morgan Parker.

Description: First U.S. edition. | Portland, OR : Tin House Books, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016049158 | ISBN 9781941040539 (softcover : acid-

free paper) | ISBN 9781941040546 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3616.A74547 A6 2017 | DDC 811/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016049158

Second U.S. Edition 2017
Interior design by Jakob Vala

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Cover Art: Carrie Mae Weems

Portrait of a Woman Fallen from Grace, 1987

Gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (print size)

Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.