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David Bowie, Travis Scott Inspired The Poems In This New Collection

Poet Adrian Matejka used to be a DJ — and when he got stuck in pandemic-induced misery, it was music that lifted him up and helped him finish writing his latest book, Somebody Else Sold the World.
Adrian Matejka

When award-winning poet Adrian Matejka was working on his latest book last year, he thought we'd be out of the pandemic by the time it would be published.

The book, Somebody Else Sold The World, was released this month — and we're notably not out of the period that's been so difficult for so many of us.

"Every day seemed to be the same day and every day was so exhausting," Matejka says of 2020. "And I couldn't figure out how to lift myself

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