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    The Essential D. G. Jones
    The Essential D. G. Jones
    The Essential D. G. Jones
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    The Essential D. G. Jones

    By Jim Johnstone and D. G. Jones

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    In The Essential D. G. Jones, volume editor Jim Johnstone presents a selection of the most important writings of Douglas Gordon Jones, one of the few of Canada’s great lyric poets to expertly straddle the line between the modern and postmodern era.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherporcupinequill
    Release dateSep 30, 2016
    ISBN9780889848375
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