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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kitano, Christine, 1985- author.
Title: Sky country / Christine Kitano.
Description: First edition. | Rochester, NY : BOA Editions Ltd., [2017] | Series: American poets continuum ; no. 162
Identifiers: LCCN 2017012292 (print) | LCCN 2017018707 (ebook) | ISBN 9781942683445 (eBook) | ISBN 9781942683438 (softcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Japanese Americans—Poetry. | BISAC: POETRY / American / Asian American. | HISTORY / Asia / Korea.
Classification: LCC PS3611.I8775 (ebook) | LCC PS3611.I8775 A6 2017 (print) | DDC 811/.6—dc23
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