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    Adrian Matejka, author portrait
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    Adrian Matejka

    Adrian Matejka's most recent collection of poetry is Somebody Else Sold the World. His other books are Map to the Stars; The Big Smoke, which was the winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a finalist for both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; Mixology, which was selected for the National Poetry Series; The Devil's Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), winner of the New York / New England Award; and Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century, a graphic portrait of the boxing legend Jack Johnson. Among Matejka's other honors are fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He served as Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana in 2018-19 and now lives in Chicago, where he is Editor of Poetry Magazine.
    Somebody Else Sold the World
    Somebody Else Sold the World
    Adrian Matejka
    9780143136446
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 06, 2021
    Penguin Books
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    Somebody Else Sold the World
    Somebody Else Sold the World
    Adrian Matejka
    9780143136446
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 06, 2021
    Penguin Books
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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