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An integrated collection of poems written over a six-year period, Ken Norris charts the music of everyday life, of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday, of sex and jazz, of poetry and baseball.
An integrated collection of poems written over a six-year period, Ken Norris charts the music of everyday life, of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday, of sex and jazz, of poetry and baseball.
Ken Norris, originally from New York City, moved to Montreal and was a member of the Vehicule Poets group. He has had more than 20 books of poetry published and has edited and translated a number of others. He now lives down the road from Stephen King in Bangkok, Maine, and teaches Canadian Literature at the University of Maine.
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