false 47734 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg 47734 6 46724 book 1971 Transformations total:616|5:307|4:215|3:79|2:13|1:2| 616 2660 838 55 26814 4.32 3612 279 69382504 629344 918429 039512722X 9780395127223 9 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179446024m/918429.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179446024s/918429.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/918429.Transformations 4.19 37 1971 4 7 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Aug 29 18:11:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:35:21 -0800 2009 1 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Since his was only a few pages and hers were written in blood, I will side with sweet Anne of Mercy* but still, I was struck by Vonnegut's words before I ever got to hers.

I asked a poet friend one time wha...
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You always read about it:
the plumber with the twelve children
who wins the Irish Sweepstakes.
From toilets to riches.
That story.


Or the nursemaid,
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She must be trying so hard but there are no signs of strain.
I've heard Sexton compared to Plath a lot,
maybe for reasons of untimely female endings rather than for reasons of artistic stylings. ...more...]]> 46404088 1077169 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 5 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:46:39 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:51:27 -0800 2009 If you love fairy tales and beautiful language, and you want some great bedtime reading... She retells many of the well known fairy tales, getting at the creepy heart of most of them and commenting on them, echoing the spirit of the stories with the rhythm of the poems. ]]> 62418503 2494398 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 19:30:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 19:33:19 -0700 2009 44314938 1874324 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 5 0 false Sun Jan 25 14:06:53 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 14:09:11 -0800 2009 39346400 1411518 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 0 0 false Thu Dec 04 21:57:12 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 21:59:36 -0800 2008 71956465 83947 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 22:14:50 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 22:16:32 -0700 2009 65968487 1797080 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:26:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:29:03 -0700 2009 40232841 1808544 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 3 0 false Tue Dec 16 11:09:56 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 07:55:29 -0800 2008 23785806 1212678 918429 039512722X 9780395127223 9 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179446024m/918429.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179446024s/918429.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/918429.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Jun 05 11:51:45 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 11:51:45 -0700 2008
What I remember best about these poems are the pop-cultural references alongside the usual fairy tales w...more...]]> 76650188 1616803 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 4 0 false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:14:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:15:50 -0800 2009 80811654 2060607 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 5 0 false Sat Dec 12 19:21:15 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 19:21:54 -0800 2009
Fairy tales will never be the same.]]> 48230672 193092 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 4 0 false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 12:13:59 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 14:55:41 -0800 2009 74521287 246748 47734 061808343X 9780618083435 46 <![CDATA[Transformations]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424m/47734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348424s/47734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47734.Transformations 4.32 616 1971 4 0 false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:35:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:37:07 -0700 2009 The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton.]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47734