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    Winnower: Poems
    Winnower: Poems
    Winnower: Poems
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    Winnower: Poems

    By Aaron Brown

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    A collection that alternates between celebration and lament, Winnower traces the experiences of an American poet growing up in war-torn Chad, Africa.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateDec 24, 2013
    ISBN9781498271011
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      Winnower - Aaron Brown

      Winnower

      Poems

      Aaron Brown

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      Winnower

      Poems

      Copyright © 2013 Aaron Brown. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

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      199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3

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      eisbn 13: 978-1-4982-7101-1

      Manufactured in the U.S.A.

      for Minda

      Acknowledgments

      I would like to thank the following literary journals for publishing these poems:

      Illya’s Honey: Africa to Europe

      Kodon: Sea Burial and Taxi #442 which appeared as Yassin

      North Central Review: Automaton Man (A Life)

      The Pub: On the Chadian Civil War

      Warscapes: Memory Across Ocean

      Windhover: Evacuation Ebenezer

      My thanks also to Minda Brown, Eric Kozlik, and Will Fargason for revision help.

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