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Introduction is copyright © 2016 by Robin D. G. Kelley

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Wallace, Naomi, author.

The liquid plain / Naomi Wallace.

First edition.

ISBN 978-1-55936-841-4 (ebook)

DDC 812/.54—dc23

Cover design, book design and composition by Lisa Govan

Cover art by Bruce McLeod

First Edition, August 2016