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  <title><![CDATA[Imperfect Thirst]]></title>
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  <default_description>Galway Kinnell's twelfth book of poems is powerful and thrilling. Imperfect Thirst includes beautiful love poems and approaches elemental subjects with a remarkable balance of good nature and holy dread: recollections of childhood, snapshots of impassive cruelty, reflections on art and nature. This energetic collection will prove once again why Galway Kinnell is one of America's masters of the art.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[The poem, &quot;Neverland,&quot; is worth the entire book - absolutely nail-on-the-heart real. Kinnell questions the absolute of death in a way that makes it as understandable as opening a bandaid or making a recipe from a cookbook you have never seen before. Precision with artistry. This book has s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11819697">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I used to read Kinnell a lot and started reading this book for a class. Frankly, I forgot how much I admire in his work. Clear, strong, deep poems here that are still risky.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a great book and i recommend it to everyone]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really shows the beauty of his poetry.]]></body>
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