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    <![CDATA[The Ghosts of You And Me]]>
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    <![CDATA[In this new collection, Wesley McNair offers his fullest vision of human life, both its hardships and its rich possibilities. Opening with poems about growing up with family conflict in a New England of broken farms and towns, McNair explores the limits of personal wishes and American dreams. Here too are haunting encounters with ghost selves, the dead, and the gangsters in old movies; lighter fare such as a poem about the poignant hopefulness of comb-overs; and a transcendent series of lyrics that celebrate self-acceptance and the spiritual dimension of &quot;life on the ground.&quot; Praised by Maxine Kumin as &quot;a master craftsman&quot; and by Philip Levine as a poet with &quot;a profound love and understanding of people and a superb ear,&quot; Wesley McNair here gives us his strongest and most moving volume to date, a major addition to what the Ruminator Review calls &quot;one of the most individual bodies of work by a poet of his generation.&quot;]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2006</published>
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    <![CDATA[The Town of No ; &amp; My Brother Running: Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[This book gathers Wesley McNair's two most important collections into one handsome volume. In The Town of No, McNair blends sadness and comedy to remind us of Robert Frost's notion that poetry should make us &quot;very sorry&quot; or &quot;very glad.&quot; In My Brother Running, fifteen short poems on rural life are counterbalanced by the extended title piece, a memorial to a brother dead too soon and for reasons that can never be reconciled.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1997</published>
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    <![CDATA[Talking in the Dark: Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[In his fifth collection, one of New England's most respected poets brings us the inhabitants of his region as they struggle to contend with life's darknesses: housewives in night school; a tractor-tinkering stepfather who rescues an outdated encyclopedia from the town dump; a boy at bedtime who, entranced by a woman's voice on a slowing turning phonograph, listens &quot;to her fall/ fast asleep/ with the needle/ at her throat.&quot; How McNair's characters talk about their difficulties - or why they can't - is central to this volume, as are meditations in which the poet speaks directly to the reader about the trials and affirmations of human experience. Whether homages to &quot;Old Cadillacs&quot; or reflections on &quot;Why We Need Poetry,&quot; these poems demonstrate McNair's ability to tell a life in a line and to disclose the knowledge of the heart.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1998</published>
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    <![CDATA[My Brother Running: Poems]]>
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    <![CDATA[This book gathers Wesley McNair's two most important collections into one handsome volume. In &quot;The Town of No,&quot; McNair blends sadness and comedy to remind us of Robert Frost's notion that poetry should make us &quot;very sorry&quot; or &quot;very glad.&quot; In &quot;My Brother Running,&quot; fifteen short poems on rural life are counterbalanced by the extended title piece, a memorial to a brother dead too soon and for reasons that can never be reconciled.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1993</published>
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    <![CDATA[Contemporary Maine Fiction]]>
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    <![CDATA[More than an anthology, Contemporary Maine Fiction is a celebration of the quality and diversity of today's fiction writing in Maine. Editor Wesley McNair has assembled 14 short stories for the collection, several of which are being published for the first time. Among the contributors to this anthology are Pulitzer Prize winners Richard Russo and Richard Ford and best-selling novelist and National Book Award winner Stephen King. Contemporary Maine Fiction offers both a celebration of Maine's writers and the art of storytelling itself.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
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    <![CDATA[Today's Best Maine Fiction]]>
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    <![CDATA[Here Carolyn Chute, Stephen King, Bill Roorbach, Richard Russo, Monica Wood, and nine other stellar Maine writers prove that the state is a superb source of inspiration for fiction. They capture Maine's atmospheric landscape, sharply defined seasons -- and an assortment of unforgettable characters. Originally published as Contemporary Maine Fiction, the paperback edition bears a new title. Selected by Maine's premier anthologist, this is truly the best fiction you'll find in Maine today.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2008</published>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Lovers of the Lost]]>
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    <![CDATA[Praised by Maxine Kumin as a master craftsman and Philip Levine as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetry, Wesley McNair has selected for this volume a wide range of narratives, lyrics, and meditations. His subjects, as always, are ordinary people and the lives they lead; their hopes and sorrows, their struggles and triumphs, all providing insight into New England, America, and the more obscure geography of the human heart. McNair's verse whether about the trauma of family conflict, the humor of popular culture, or the solace of place represents a singular achievement, providing what the Ruminator Review called one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation. Although he has been writing and publishing poetry for over forty years, this volume constitutes his first book of selected poems, and here, the best of these forty years is displayed in a single volume. The world of McNair's poetry is real and palpable, rooted partially in his relationship with his parents, brother, and family, but even more strongly in New England s gritty soil and landscape.<br/>In this, the fifth book published with this house, we see an overview of his work gathered from six previous books, along with ten new poems, a representative and exciting collection from one of the region s most accomplished and beloved poets.]]>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">3148068</id>
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    <![CDATA[Twelve Journeys in Maine]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1992</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">1039623</id>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Maine Poets: A Verse Anthology]]>
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    <![CDATA[More than most states, Maine has always had a rich literary heritage, including such poetic luminaries as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edwin Arlington Robinson, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Some of the work of these three, plus that of 34 other poets, make up this comprehensive anthology. Editor Wesley McNair has selected the finest poems by Maine's best poets, and the styles range from classic to contemporary.   <p>Not all of the poems to be found here are exclusively about Maine -- proof of the universal reach and appeal of both region and writer -- but each verse certainly conveys aspects of Maine's unique character, be it a staunch work ethic, a tone of wry Yankee humor, or the morality of Puritan values. Poems were not chosen for their popularity; readers looking for an old favorite might not find it here, but will perhaps be led to a new understanding and appreciation of Maine's poets.</p>]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2003</published>
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    <![CDATA[The faces of Americans in 1853: Poems (A Breakthrough book)]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1983</published>
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