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First published 2019

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With thanks to Calcanet Press for permission to use ‘Ode to Bill’ by John Ashbery on page 12, taken from John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1956–1987 © Calcanet Press UK, 2010; Rough Trade Publishing for the David Berman lyrics on page 29 © David Berman, 2008; and Trevor Paglen for the photograph on page 68 © Trevor Paglen, 2015.

ISBN: 978-0-241-36986-9

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