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    Too Heavy to Become Sky
    Too Heavy to Become Sky
    Too Heavy to Become Sky
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    Too Heavy to Become Sky

    By Scott A. Higgins

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    Scott Higgins's first book, Too Heavy to Become Sky, brings us spare, plain, haunting poetry of love, loss, and humanity in an indifferent universe.

    Higgins is ultimately concerned with human mortality and human loneliness in the worldthe world unvarnished, defined by alienation and longing, yet redeemed by the miracle of shared lives and the hidden currents that connect us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 27, 2018
    ISBN9781984524270
    Too Heavy to Become Sky
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    Scott A. Higgins

    Scott Higgins lives in Noblesville, IN with his wife Lori and daughters Anna and Natalie. Too Heavy to Become Sky is his first book.

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