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Waking the Lion: Inside Writing (1984 to 2017)
Waking the Lion: Inside Writing (1984 to 2017)
Waking the Lion: Inside Writing (1984 to 2017)
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Waking the Lion: Inside Writing (1984 to 2017)

By Mark Antony Rossi

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American futurist poet and playwright Mark Antony Rossi has selected essays, notes and interviews from the past thirty three years of writing covering poetry, short fiction and drama. A short book of instruction and discovery meant to help fellow writers.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherSoma Publishing
Release dateJan 14, 2018
ISBN9781537864075
Waking the Lion: Inside Writing (1984 to 2017)
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