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Robert Lowell
Robert Lowell, Michael Hofmann
Elza: The Girl
Sergio Rodrigues, Zoë Perry
December 2014
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If Winter Come: Collected Poems, 1967-1992
Rating: 3 1/2A lot of poetry packed into this smallish book. 142, by my count, many of which are quite short. Topics include ...
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If Winter Come: Collected Poems, 1967-1992
Alvin Aubert
December 2014
22
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What I Stole
Rating: 3 1/2Poems about coastal nature scenes, old age, health issues, etc. It's a sad collection, so don't read it for a mo...
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What I Stole
Diane Sher Lutovich
December 2014
19
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Vienna Blood and Other Poems
Rating: None. His writing is too difficult for me to understand, but it might be more accessible for you. Rothenberg writes w...
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Vienna Blood and Other Poems
Jerome Rothenberg
December 2014
18
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Seasonings
Not terrible, but a bit boring.There are a few interesting pieces:"Horn Call" - a girl switching from the piano to the French...
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Seasonings
Emilio Degrazia
December 2014
16
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In Praise of Falling
Rating: 3 1/2There's an 'every-day people' quality to her writing. She doesn't come across as an ivy-walled intellectual or a...
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In Praise of Falling
Cheryl Dumesnil
December 2014
15
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Passengers
I was on page 23 when it went missing. Exterminator drama. So yeah - dnf.
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The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing
I received a promotional copy through the First Reads program.Rating: Soft 4 - more 3 1/2 than 4. It's definitely original. ...
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Passengers
Sue Lightfoot
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The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing
Nicholas Rombes
December 2014
11
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Betrayal
I can just as easily give it 2 stars, but I'm allowing for the possibility that it's better as a live performance. Pinter cou...
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Betrayal
Harold Pinter
December 2014
09
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Come Here Often?: 50 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar
I received a promotional copy through the First Reads program.I liked it. A well-deserved 4 stars, with no rounding up needed...
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Come Here Often?: 50 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar
Sean Manning, Malachy McCourt
December 2014
06
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Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers
I received a promotional copy of this book through the First Reads program. Rating: Somewhere in the 3 to 3 1/2 range.I reall...
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Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers
Janet Malcolm, Ian Frazier
December 2014
01
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San Francisco Poems
73 pages of writing and 15 black and white photographs. The first and longest piece is his 1998 inaugural address as poet la...
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San Francisco Poems
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
November 2014
26
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The Lines
I had high hopes for this one, but I was disappointed. Too many redundancies, too many poems that didn't really say anything...
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The Lines
Eli Wilde
November 2014
25
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Your Life Idyllic
I received a promotional copy through the First Reads program.Nine stories, ranging in length from ten to twenty-seven pages....
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Your Life Idyllic
Craig Bernier
November 2014
22
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Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
I received a promotional copy through the First Reads program. So a tip of the hat to Alaina Waagner and the Random House Mar...
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Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
Billy Collins
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