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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Nye, Naomi Shihab, author.

Title: The tiny journalist : poems / Naomi Shihab Nye.

Description: First edition. | Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., [2019] | Series: American poets continuum series, ; no. 170 | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018050933 (print) | LCCN 2018055328 (ebook) | ISBN 9781942683841 (ebook) | ISBN 9781942683728 (hardcover : alk. paper) |

ISBN 9781942683735 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: American poetry—Women authors—21st century.

Classification: LCC PS3564.Y44 (ebook) | LCC PS3564.Y44 A6 2019 (print) | DDC 811/.54—dc23

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