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chapbook

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chap·book  (chpbk)
n.
A small book or pamphlet containing poems, ballads, stories, or religious tracts.

[chap(man) + book (so called because it was originally sold by chapmen).]

chapbook [ˈtʃæpˌbʊk]
n
(Historical Terms) a book of popular ballads, stories, etc., formerly sold by chapmen or pedlars


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An absolute "must-have" chapbook for any who truly love to savor well-crafted poetry.
Often of chapbook size and usually issued in paper covers, they give writers, artists, and researchers the chance to put their work out into the world to be seen and read.
The book won the 2008 Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition.
 
 
 
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