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Across POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Beforelife by Franz Wright.

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Milton: Poems (Penguin Poetry Library) — John Milton

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Ovid in English (Penguin Classics)

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A Marvin Bell Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose (The Bread Loaf Series) — Marvin Bell

A Marvin Bell Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose (The Bread Loaf Series)

Themes: POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

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Update on the Descent

Themes: POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Big-Eyed Afraid — Erica Dawson

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The Odyssey of Homer — Homer

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Themes: POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

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The Complete Poems and Translations [of] Christopher Marlowe — Christopher Marlowe

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