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      Robertson, Lisa, author

       Cinema of the present / Lisa Robertson.

      Poems.

      Issued in print and electronic formats.

      ISBN 978-1-55245-297-4 (pbk.).

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      PS8585.O3217C56 2014 C811'.54 C2014-904392-9

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