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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Teicher, Craig Morgan, 1979– author.
Title: The trembling answers : poems / by Craig Morgan Teicher.
Description: First edition. | Rochester, NY : BOA Editions Ltd., [2017] | Series: American poets continuum ; 160
Identifiers: LCCN 2016045572| ISBN 9781942683315 (paperback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781942683322 (ebook)
Subjects: | BISAC: POETRY / American / General. | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Children with Special Needs. | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood.
Classification: LCC PS3620.E4359 A6 2017 | DDC 811/.6—dc23
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