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884:, Wesleyan University Press, 2021. Pages 245-247.
678:, Orono : National Poetry Foundation, 2007.
509:The Elfin Pedlar and Tales Told by the Pixie Pool
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1048:A Recovery of Helen Adam's San Francisco Years
944:"Riding the Meridian -- Lit [art] ure"
635:, N.Y., N.Y. : Kulchur Foundation, 1984.
522:Charms and Dreams from the Elfin Pedlar's Pack
511:, New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.
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174:Turn Again to Me and Other Poems
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441:Church bells tremble and cry;
289:Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
264:Adam's first book of poetry,
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1019:Resources in other libraries
995:Resources in other libraries
613:, Coffee House Press, 1985.
573:, Kulchur Foundation, 1977.
455:In Amsterdam, that old city,
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834:"The Reluctant Pixie Poole"
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813:"Helen Adam Papers website"
792:The University of Edinburgh
558:Ghosts and Grinning Shadows
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552:Selected Poems and Ballads
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120:Active participant in the
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485:"Every being is blest."
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1960:Septima Poinsette Clark
1950:Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
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465:Looking me up and down,
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920:, Kent State Library"
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503:Selected publications
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229:(December 2, 1909 in
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1964:Cynthia Stokes Brown
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2238:Michelle T. Clinton
2078:Alma Luz Villanueva
2015:Jimmy Santiago Baca
1945:Juan Felipe Herrera
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1528:Lorna Dee Cervantes
1368:Leslie Marmon Silko
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712:"Helen Adam - Poet"
672:A Helen Adam Reader
419:American Book Award
219:American Book Award
202:A Helen Adam Reader
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2910:Brenda Marie Osbey
2597:Lawson Fusao Inada
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497:Kristin Prevallet
435:Margaretta's Rime
388:Our Corpses Speak
231:Glasgow, Scotland
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