SKY WRI TEI NGS [Sky Writings]. Nasser Hussain

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      copyright © Nasser Hussain, 2018first editionPublished with the generous assistance of the Canada Council for theArts and the Ontario Arts Council. Coach House Books also acknowl-edges the support of the Government of Canada through the CanadaBook Fund.      Hussain, Nasser 1972-, authorSKY WRI TEI NGS / Nasser Hussain.Poems.Issued in print and electronic formats.978-1-55245-371-1 (socover) I. Title.6108.7759 2018 821'.92 2018-903926-4 2018-903927-2 SKY WRI TEI NGSis available as an ebook: 978 1 77056 563 0(), 978 1 77056 564 7 ()Purchase of the print version of this book entitles you to a free digitalcopy. To claim your ebook of this title, please email [email protected] proof of purchase. (Coach House Books reserves the right to terminatethe free digital download offer at any time.)

      

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