An Open Book (poetry collection)

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An Open Book
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Author Orson Scott Card
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Poetry
PublisherSubterranean Press
Publication date
2004
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages94 pp
ISBN 1-931081-93-X
OCLC 56352929

An Open Book (2004) is a collection of poems by Orson Scott Card.

Contents

Contents

I - Hunger, Love, and Death

II - Apocalyptic Verses

III - Wholly Writ

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