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    <body><![CDATA[Hadn't read this in a dozen or more years (thanks again Boone), and it's hot-damn fantastic.  Here's an excerpt from one of my favorites, &quot;After Twelve Days of Rain,&quot; which you can hear her read <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Laux.php">here</a>:<br/><br/>Today, pumping gas into my old car, I stood<br/>hatless in the rain and the w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76349369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This earlier collection from Dorianne Laux is very strong, and it contains several of my favorites from her. Here are the opening lines from her poem &quot;Aphasia.&quot;<br/><br/>Aphasia<br/><br/>After the stroke all she could say<br/>was <em>Venezuela</em>, pointing to the pitcher<br/>with its bright...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72801227">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My thinking here is that I should give four stars to a book that I truly enjoyed reading, but that didn't leave me with much that was memorable/exceptional when I was finished?<br/><br/>P.S. Which is exactly how I imagine other people might find my poems?]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sensual writing with many favorite poems! I love how she accentuates the simple, &quot;stale Sunday&quot; yet gets to the humanistic profound. Lovely writing that moves me into worlds of relationship, love, and the spaces between. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Dorianne Laux's writing, and there are some good pieces in here.  Still, I think of this as her &quot;intermediate&quot; book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A new poet I recently discovered - her voice is clear and simple but beautiful and eloquent. ]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry. These are some of Laux's earlier pieces, and while some things don't change -- her writing is lovely and she can still work the hell out of a line break -- there's something missing here. I just didn't find as many favorites in this volume. Really, only two: Aphasia, Small Gods.<br/><br/>I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10941141">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[for the sake of humanity read this book, as it is so very human in its narrative honesty and blushworthy sexiness.  this sauciness increases through the book until your left quite hot under the collar. to warm up for the read, make sure you wink at the librarian as he returns your library card.  cup...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23884244">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found Dorianne Laux and her amazing verse through three female friends here on GoodReads.  This book, her second, includes some of my favorite Lauxes, such as &quot;Aphasia&quot; and &quot;Graveyard at Hurd's Gulch.&quot; <br/><br/>Those poems are about the terrors of dementia and the peace of (so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63642647">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[What We Carry]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laux is writing in the tradition of Sharon Olds. These are poems of the prose lyric, dense with metaphor, but story driven. Laux is writing about death, sex, relationships, manual labor and the metamorphosis of a woman who is entering post 30 something maturity. Some of Laux's endings feel sentiment...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27831840">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 27 21:16:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laux is my favorite contemporary female poet writing today. Her poems in this collection (as well as her other collections) are sensual, striking, and speak to the experiences of being a woman. Each poem is bold and astonishing, fueled by the pure, raw imagery. I often use her poems when teaching cr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36361863">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 19 17:28:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my introduction to Dorianne Laux.  Her poems are rich, vibrant, &quot;sweet leeches of desire&quot;.  Her language has a lot of torque, but sometimes it can't torque me out of myself...which is what I think I want from poetry these days.  Maybe this is the limitation of lyric poetry?  Who kn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35718568">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A hearbreaking and heartwarming book, all at once. Dorianne is one of my favorite poets - she tells the truth like no-one else, like your best friend at a sleepover and then you want her to tell them again. I re-read this book regularly.]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 20 16:52:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 20 16:52:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you haven't read this you HAVE to.  Like almost every poet I love, my friend Liz turned me on to her.  She is amazing.  Dust is my favorite poem in this book.]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Mon May 26 15:06:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[once again - laux is fearless - her poetry bites then opens up to reveal the preservation of the self . . . a fearless poet - ]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 17 18:10:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 17 18:11:16 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[No home should be without it. A veritable bible for the lyric narrative writer, okay?]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 21 11:08:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 21 11:09:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like this woman's poetry.  You don't have to like poetry to enjoy her work.]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ahhh...another excellent Laux book (poetry).  She's SO my friend on myspace!  =D]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Wed May 21 17:34:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 21 17:35:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite poetry books.]]></body>
    
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