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Five Poems

Two Math Lessons; Riches; Dream Fable of Horse and Fish; The Untamed Thing; The Life of the Verbs
Jean Gallagher
July 29, 2004
Poetry

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Jean Gallagher is the author of three collections of poems. She is a professor of English at New York University.

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Published in the 2004-07-16 issue: View Contents

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