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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
De la O, Marsha.
[Poems. Selections]
Antidote for night : poems / Marsha de la O.
pages cm. — (American poets continuum series ; no. 151)
“Winner, 2015 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award.”
ISBN 978-1-938160-81-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-938160-82-0 (e-book)
I. Title.
PS3604.E12265A6 2015
811'.6—dc23
2015019570
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