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Waqas Khwaja: No One Waits for the Train

October 16, 2008

Waqas Ahmad Khwaja professor, English, Agnes Scott College

Professor and author Waqas Khwaja reads from and discusses his poetry collection, No One Waits for the Train.

Topics: Literature & Philosophy

Tags: anthology | Authors | Gothic literature | Romantic | Victorian | Laureates | Poetry | Spoken Word

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Author: Waqas Khwaja

Publisher: Alhambra Publishing (2007)

Binding: Paperback, 126 pages

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Publisher: Sang-e-Meel Publications (1991)

Binding: Hardcover, 191 pages

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Publisher: Sang-e-Meel (1992)

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Manufacturer: SANG - E - MEEL Publications

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