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    <body><![CDATA[Pastan's work here ranges from the startling image to run of the mill word play and musings on life in art.  This could probably be said of most compilations of poetry, but lucky for the reader, the startling outweighs the everyday in Queen of a Rainy Country, particularly during the fourth chapter ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46941061">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another stellar collection of poetry by Pastan. Although she dips into familiar territory (alphabets! Why the recurring use of alphabets?), she does break new ground by addressing old age, September 11, and her childhood. Her nature poems are pretty average, but it is when she addresses paintings, o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66067963">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that make me think &quot;I wish I wrote like this.&quot; (And then I realize, &quot;I write EXACTLY like this--why am I not published???).  But I digress . . .]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Linda Pastan has some wonderful poems in this book, but much like the CDs of Britney Spears, there are a couple hits and a lot of filler. While I appreciate the celebration of small moments in poetry, sometimes the focus in Pastan's poems is so small as to be inconsequential. But when she's on, she'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2630860">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book felt a bit uneven to me. While there were some truly engaging pieces, I just as often found myself put off by others.<br/><br/>I probably won't be revisiting this collection any time soon.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though I could do without all of the poems about writing poems (barf), and I would definitely rearrange the sequence so as to put some space between pieces about the same thing... I really enjoyed this book.  Nothing flashy, just some solid observation and (for the most part) tight lines.  Pastan's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5646742">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Pastan's poetry.  I shall probably keep any and every poetry book that has even one poem of hers in it.  For a more thorough review:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://satia.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-30-with-book-review.html" title="http://satia.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-30-with-book-review.html">http://satia.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-...</a><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd give it 6 stars if I could! Finished it only to turn to the first page and start over. Great book.  Deceptively simple poems about life, aging, loving.<br/><br/><br/>R]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Linda writes very accessible, earthy poetry - reminds me a bit of Billy Collins although I think I prefer Collins a bit more.]]></body>
    
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