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First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A collection of poems to celebrate Young's appointment as California Poet Laureate by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Young reflects on the pride and prejudice of his era, and then shouts out his passion, his contempt and his glee with perfect words, perfect lines, perfect poems. Whether he speaks of love or loss, laughs at the oddities of the social order, or dreams of what might be, Al Young the poet brings us songs that can shape our collective consciousness and enhance our collective joy." INSCRIBED on the title page "with hugs" and dated April 2007. 83 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. .ISBN # 1883318734 

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