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    <body><![CDATA[this book caught my eye with its packaging; a pretty little product with lots of fonts and sizes and such that seemed like a cool way to write a manifesto. That being said, the writing was borderline terrible, featuring cheesy puns like &quot;mind altering/altaring&quot;, &quot;a burning Bush&quot;,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15711281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i have mixed feelings, mostly that a lot of what is said in this poem is a message that has existed forever and is still a message unaware in the mass consciousness.  and so now a dude says it and i hope it will be taken more seriously by reaching an audience that may not typically veer toward this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30801364">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saul Williams is by far the greatest performing-poet I have ever seen. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This blew my mind.<br/>I was at a local bookshop, with a friend, on a blustery day, in December. We both grabbed the book at the same time, and sat there on the floor, flipping page to page, reading it together.<br/>It is Lovely. It is shockingly laid out, at times hard to see, for it overwhelms y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9417866">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read it a couple of times, and it seems different every time.<br/>It's a bit Allen Ginsberg, a bit E.E. Cummings, a bit Hollywood, a bit blues, and bit hatred, a bit love, and a bit paprika. It's artsy and lively. The type is unique, anbd you really get the true feeling of the words. You can h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4156904">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saul Williams, , said the shotgun to the head (Pocket/MTV, 2003)<br/><br/>I have had people comment that they sometimes can't tell the difference between what I consider good poetry and what I don't. To me, it's as simple as can be 99.9% of the time: good poetry deals with the “person, place, or...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45227188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My world was turned upside-down with this book/poem.  I have never been so moved by mastery of language.  WHAT he says is as beautiful and haunting and true and astonishing as HOW he says it, and that's saying a lot.  It sounds unlikely, and maybe I'm biased, but this is the absolute zenith of what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23522859">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i was introduced to this book by a good riend of mine, and it continues to speak to me in very different ways.  i've seen saul william perform - while in undergrad he came for a convocation and did a performance for that, as well as a &quot;concert&quot; later on that night - and it was incredible. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44741906">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel I read this too fast.  I stumbled upon one part I really liked: &quot;Her charm is in her silence, she speaks in extended parenthesis.&quot;  Ultimately the book is trying to hard to be simple and different, but there are a few good moments and since the book is so short, they are worth the w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41078036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first book that really got me hooked on Poems. I pictured this book to be just one huge poem. I loved it :). It taught me a lot about voice in the text, and how one can get there voice heard. I need to buy it again, I loss it, so I'm going to buy it again :)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy the concept of this. It challenges the way poetry is conventionally done even more than his first book did. There are some great moments here. I could've done without the preachy new age religious stuff.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely brilliant. I have seen him live and even without music he has enough charisma to fill a room with expectation and hold rapt their attention. What an amazing wordsmith for I refuse to believe that he is anything less than a master craftsman who creates these words with a deliberate passion...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6732524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A-MAZ-ING.<br/><br/>Everyone I've known who has read this poem/book (yes, it's one long poem) has drawn something totally unique from it.  It's a short read and totally worth it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book helped to change my outlook on life and continues to inspire me to write and perform today. a great read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Favorite piece so far:<br/>&quot;I cannot make your past disappear. Only rabbits my love, only rabbits&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite Saul Williams books. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My copy is autographed by the man himself.  I saw him open for Dead Prez in a fancy, wood-paneled Harvard classroom and got it signed there.  I've seen him like 3 times since.<br/><br/>This man is one of the true geniuses of our time...it's a shame that he's decided to waste his talent on rock music...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11949346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite love poem of all time. ]]></body>
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