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Book Title: Chameleon Couch : Poems
Item Length: 8.2in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Yusef Komunyakaa
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: American / African American, General
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
