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The Italian Girl single work   poetry   "Heard the creak of the bed in her voice."
  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 The Italian Girl
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Notes

  • Epigraph: A teenage girl in a rural, strongly religious community in Italy was raped by a local youth. When she attempted to bring her case to court she was knifed by a gang of local men.

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