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Autobiography of Envelopes

by Sarah Riggs

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Poetry. Begun in the turmoil of moving house, these poems were jotted on envelopes because that was the form of paper on hand. But there was more to this choice. Oscillating between the US, France and Morocco, living on three continents and in three languages, Sarah Riggs felt the need to address her own self in order not to disperse into alternatives. But how do we addres ...more

Paperback , 160 pages

Published September 15th 2012 by Burning Deck

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