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    <body><![CDATA[I was alternately enthralled and bored by this book, and remain baffled as to how to categorize it.<br/><br/>It contains lovely, ephemeral passages that made me think in new ways about both the nature of eros and the classical poetry and philosophy Carson references -- how Eros exists in the momen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1157634">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Instructions For Not Being Left Behind]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[amazing. love it. go read it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always been intrigued by the concepts of Carson's books but this is the first I've read.  Her close reading of the Greek classics regarding the nature of eros yields countless achingly true observations; I don't know Greek (original texts are included), but her translations seem to add new leve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40376194">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Breathtaking, and intensely thought-provoking. This book demands attention; it's best to stay one step ahead of Carson, lest she leave you behind as she trudges on through the vast tradition she's exploring.<br/><br/>A beautifully written essay and a wonderfully enlightening read. For anyone who's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37948085">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[gave me wings]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a required reading for my compartive love poetry course. I was so excited to read it based on my experiences with &quot;Autobiography of Red&quot; More of a technical read, however, and i don't actually recommend it unless you're looking deeper into poetry, in which case its a truly fascina...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7768257">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I teach from this book also. It's a fantastic read for anyone who enjoys language and thinking about the time when written language first appeared for the Greeks, and they thought it was a dangerous new technology that would destroy intellectual life. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[my knowledge of classic literature is at best, extremely limited. so a ton of this went right over my head. but it beat reading fucking stuart woods or whatever terrible mystery book i was tempted to read for the train ride home. ]]></body>
    
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