false 6135468 1 "A Brief History of Time", Beers' first collection of poetry, is at once an exploration of what it is to grow up in rural America and a treatise for social justice. These poems, many of them award-winning, span a wide range of styles-from plainsong free verse to sestinas to nearly epic works. The characters/speakers in Beers' poems range from the rural working class to mythological characters. These poems look at the world with an honest, unflinching eye. She is one of the up-and-coming poets from Generation X we will be hearing a great deal from in the future. 6314052 19 1 2008 A Brief History of Time total:44|5:24|4:18|3:1|2:1|1:0| 44 197 158 21 5 7 false false Sat Jan 24 13:14:38 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 02:55:40 -0700 2009 and universal; the shared memoir of multitudes.

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She has an unflinching, ironic, honest, and at times, deliciously dark, voice in her poetry. I especially like the way she uses her observant eye in the works "Sleeping Man and Woman...," "To C...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:21:20 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:21:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 09:31:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 10:14:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 19 17:56:30 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 18:18:22 -0700 2009
The range alone is incredible. There's ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:42:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 15:38:10 -0700 2009
"Sometimes you let him go because it's more cruel
than keeping him.
Sometimes you let him go because freedom
is the opposite of love.
Sometimes you let him go because freedom
is the only love.
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Shaindel: That’s funny because I’ve always been curious about your name, too. Shaindel is a ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 09:42:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 17:22:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 03 16:37:03 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:58:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 07 09:05:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 09:05:43 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 08 09:30:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 09:34:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 21:30:28 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 21:39:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 20:37:50 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:38:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:38:32 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 23:06:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 11:05:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:05:29 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 12:18:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 12:23:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:08:43 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:09:35 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:22:06 -0800 2009 Sat May 30 01:15:37 -0700 2009 Shaindel Beers is one of my GoodReads friends, and has written a book of American poetry with a title more famously used by British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking for his popularization of quantum cosmology. I figure this is a good sign, and thus picked it up in my desperat...more...]]>