Marvin Bell
A PROBABLE VOLUME OF DREAMS. The La–
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Jean FoUain
Poems selected and translated by
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TRANSPARENCE OF THE WORLD. One of the
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UNTITLED SUBJECTS. Poems. "Richard How–
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James Merrill
THE FInE SCREEN. A new book of poems by the
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Nights and Days,
National
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