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    Anaphora
    Anaphora
    Anaphora
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    Anaphora

    By Kevin Goodan

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    A uniquely chilling glimpse into the immense grief of losing loved ones to suicide.  



    Anaphora is a gut-wrenching elegy with psychological intensity, giving way to the dizzying grief of loss. Goodan creates a heightened, frantic and piercing dialogue that grapples with mental illness, stigmas, relationships, and morality in the landscape of rural America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlice James Books
    Release dateOct 9, 2018
    ISBN9781948579520
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      Anaphora - Kevin Goodan

      ANAPHORA

      ANAPHORA

      Kevin Goodan

      Alice James Books

      Farmington, Maine

      alicejamesbooks.org

      © 2018 by Kevin Goodan

      All rights reserved

      Printed in the United States

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      Alice James Books are published by Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc., an affiliate of the University of Maine at Farmington.

      Alice James Books

      114 Prescott Street

      Farmington, ME 04938

      www.alicejamesbooks.org

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Goodan, Kevin, 1969- author.

      Title: Anaphora / Kevin Goodan.

      Description: Farmington, ME : Alice James Books, [2018]

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018020531 (print) | LCCN 2018023167 (ebook) | ISBN 9781948579520 (eBook) | ISBN 9781938584961 (paperback : alk. paper)

      Subjects: | BISAC: POETRY / General.

      Classification: LCC PS3607.O563 (ebook) | LCC PS3607.O563 A63 2018 (print) | DDC 813/.6--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018020531

      Alice James Books gratefully acknowledges support from individual donors, private foundations, the University of Maine at Farmington, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Amazon Literary Partnership.

      Cover art: RA by Andrew McIntosh

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