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    <body><![CDATA[If you enjoy prose poetry, you'll dig &quot;By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept&quot;. Really one of the best-loved cult titles in an admittedly amorphous literary sub-genre - a few others being &quot;Lolita&quot;, Djuna Barnes' &quot;Nightwood&quot;, and the fairy tales of Oscar Wilde. (Oh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81009139">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This slim stream-of-consciousness volume would be hard to decipher without knowing Elizabeth Smart's background: she fell in love with the poet George Barker through his poetry, then flew him and his wife to California, then began an long-term affair with him. Knowing this, you can follow the narrat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38484300">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A thin book that tells the story of a love triangle from the perspective of the “other woman.”  The narrative is based on Smart’s own experiences during her affair with the poet George Barker.  There is little action.  The narrator takes up smoking so she won’t turn to stone when the “hour...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17173101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though the novel seems complicated at the beginning, but on the contrary this is a simple autobiographic novel about LOVE, writen by a young girl with a wonderful female language! A girl fall in love with a homosexual man who is already married with another woman. These three spend the summer(1945?)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30526393">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Actually, this is poetic prose, but since I don't have a category for it &quot;poetry&quot; will have to do.<br/><br/>It is quite possibly the most heartbreaking love story I have ever read - a completely destructive affair with a married man, all its highs:<br/>&quot;O the water of love that flo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5211022">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very difficult book to read but it was really worth it.  The prose poetry paints a picture that is abstract at times but vivid.  Love, obsession and sensuality are all laid bare in such an incredible way.  I cannot think of anything I’ve read that is quite like it.  The book is devastat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62798253">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wrong person, wrong time... and yet, such an amazing, strong, beautiful love. Beautifully written.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Exquisite. Painful. A short poetic prose piece of intense emotion and beauty.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What it means to try to love in the face of anything]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful.<br/><br/>(also my romantic life, in a nutshell.)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A- Her prose is brilliant even if at times you lose the plot. The most beautiful sentence is &quot;By Grand Central Station I sat down and wept&quot;--and when you read it within the context of the book, it hits you hard--so intense and beautiful. I loved this! It's about a tragic love affair with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21587107">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elizabeth Smart's writing is absolutely stunning. This poetic story is one that is filled with incredible metaphors and descriptions to express how powerful love is as an emotion. Many references to Biblical and literary figures make it exciting and challenging. Although not a huge fan of poetry, Sm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24941249">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps the best piece of prose I have ever come across.  The heartbreak in this book is beyond the misery that most people will ever experience.  What amazes me is how someone could muster the strength to write something this amazing after being crushed so completely.  Cigarettes are probably a req...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10215230">more...</a>]]></body>
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