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Maureen Thorson
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Applies to Oranges
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Twenty Questions for the Drunken Sailor
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The Spectacle of Meat
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Novelty Act
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Mayport
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| This book is a constant revelation of facts. As it explores the creation of the grid and its use in both ancient and modern life, it covers everything from bricks to bookkeeping to the revolution in modern commerce created by standardized shipping co...more | |||||||||||
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| Just got started on this. The idea of class is uncomfortable, even as you start to sickeningly recognize the kinds of things that the author writes about as actually being markers of social and economic class. A mix of high and low diction and cantan...more | |||||||||||
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| I really like the third section, a series of sonnets on growing up as a seventh-day adventist. The remaining work is in a far different style, and didn't grab me as much. My brain may just be in the mood for the declarative, though. Wouldn't be the f...more | |||||||||||
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| I love poetry that plays off the idea of Roman/Greek writing, and this is no exception. The only drawback, I think, is that the combination of high-flown latinate words, labyrinthine grammar, and surrealist imagery/ideas would work better for me if i...more | |||||||||||
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