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    How to Avoid Huge Ships
    How to Avoid Huge Ships
    How to Avoid Huge Ships
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    How to Avoid Huge Ships

    By Julie Bruck

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    Both “grave and brave, serious and hilarious”—new poems from a Governor General’s Award–winning poet.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrick Books
    Release dateSep 1, 2018
    ISBN9781771314862
    How to Avoid Huge Ships
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    Julie Bruck

    Julie Bruck is the author of two previous books, The End of Travel (1999), and The Woman Downstairs (1993). Her recent work has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Maisonneuve, The Malahat Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review and The Walrus, among other publications. A Montreal native, she lives in San Francisco with her husband and daughter.

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