The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems

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  • Michael Ondaatje
    In Michael Ondaatje: Poetry collections

    …celebrated works, the 1970 pastiche The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems. Often called a parable of the artist as outlaw, the work contains poems, prose, photographs, interviews, and even comic books, which combined create a meditation on the nature of heroism and violence. It received the Governor…

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