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Casual familiarity with death is one of the themes in Michael Lynch's new book of poems, 'These Waves of Dying Friends
Casual familiarity with death is one of the themes in Michael Lynch's new book of poems, 'These Waves of Dying Friends

Casual familiarity with death is one of the themes in Michael Lynch's new book of poems, 'These Waves of Dying Friends

Date6/10/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Casual familiarity with death is one of the themes in Michael Lynch's new book of poems; 'These Waves of Dying Friends.' Where once poets wrote about staving off death; now they try to accept it with humor and grace.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0099952F
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