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Alabanza : new and selected poems, 1982-2002
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- Creator
- Martín Espada
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- 245 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780393051926, 0393051927
- OCLC
- ocm50948482
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