Copyright © 2011 by Sabina Murray
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Portions of this book have appeared in slightly different form in the following publications: “Translation” in The Yale Review; “Paradise” in The New York Tyrant; “Full Circle Thrice” in The Common; “The Solace of Monsters” (as “Monsters”) in The Hartford Courant; “Balboa” in Southwest Review; “His Actual Mark” in Southwest Review; “Periplus” in Massachusetts Review; and “Last Days” in Drunken Boat.
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