# It Shouldn't Have Been Beautiful

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- Authors: [Lia Purpura](https://www.bookquiver.com/lia-purpura)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2015-09-29

## Description

A powerful new collection from poet, essayist, and frequent New Yorker contributor Lia Purpura Lia Purpura has won national acclaim as both a poet and an essayist. The exquisitely rendered poems...

## Editions

### It Shouldn't Have Been Beautiful

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4312-690-4
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2015-09-29
- Language: en_US