Copyright © 2009 by Rita Dove

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First published as a Norton paperback 2010

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

Dove, Rita.
Sonata mulattica : a life in five movements and a short play /
poems by Rita Dove.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-393-07008-8
ISBN 978-0-393-33893-5 pbk.
I. Title.
PS3554.O884S66 2009
811'.54—dc22

2008054281

ISBN 978-0-393-24935-4 (e-book)

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