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Copyright © Charles D’Ambrosio 2014

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First published in the US in 2014 by Tin House Books

This edition published in 2015 by The Text Publishing Company

Book design by Jakob Vala

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Author: D’Ambrosio, Charles author.

Title: Loitering: new & collected essays / by Charles D’Ambrosio

ISBN: 9781922182593 (paperback)

ISBN: 9781925095531 (ebook)

Subjects: American essays—21st century.

United States—Social life and customs—21st century.

United States—Social conditions—21st century.

Dewey Number: 814.54