Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

2019 • 64 pages

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Anne Carson's new work that reconsiders the stories of two iconic women--Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy--from their point of view Winner of the Governor General Award in Poetry

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