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The History of Literature

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What if There Was Nothing to Say?

David Vandenberg's debut collection of poetry, Love Letters from an Arsenist, provides a modern take on the genre known as southern gothic. He grew up in College Park, Florida, which is where Jack Kerouac was living actually published on the road and wrote the Dharma buns. His work has been translated into several languages including French, German, Spanish,. The author says he hopes his poems will inspire people to think more critically about their own lives.

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