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\nPERSON,PLACE  \nAND THING  \nKARL JAY SHAPIRO  \nPERSONPLA C EAND THING  \nR EYNA L &HITCH CO CK  \nCOPYRIGHT,1942,BY KARL JAY SHAPIRO  \nGrateful acknowledgment for the reprintingof many of these poems is made to PartisanReview,Poetry Magazine,Common Sense,The Nation,Harper's,New Directions:FiveYoung American Poets,and The Peter PauperPress:New Poems 1942.To Dr.David Lovettgratitude is also expressed.  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICABY THE CORNWALL PRESS,CORNWALL,N.Y.  \n# TO EVELYN\n\n# EDITOR'S NOTE\n\nThe selecting,editing and publishing ofthe poems in this volume have beendone without the author's assistance.The author himself is on active duty\"somewhere in the Pacific.\"  \nE.K.","cbCaioD1Ti1poqz9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioD1Ti1poqz9","pdf",3490552,104,"English","# To Evelyn\n# Editor's Note","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of the poetry collection Person, Place and Thing?\",\"answer\":\"The poetry collection is authored by Karl Jay 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