© 2017, Text by Michael Bazzett

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      Published 2017 by Milkweed Editions

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Bazzett, Michael, author.

      Title: The interrogation : poems / Michael Bazzett.

      Description: Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2017.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017019915 (print) | LCCN 2017020020 (ebook) | ISBN 9781571319623 (ebook) | ISBN 9781571314932 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      Classification: LCC PS3602.A999 (ebook) | LCC PS3602.A999 A6 2017 (print) | DDC 811/.6--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017019915

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