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  <title><![CDATA[Ararat (American Poetry Series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louise Glück]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If this were another poet, I would be more impressed. But Gluck ups her own ante, through such works as &quot;The Wild Iris&quot; and &quot;Averno.&quot; This collection hit harder than &quot;The Seven Ages,&quot; but, ultimately, lacked the complexity and ingenuity of her later work. Despite its ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70044450">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 01 18:25:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very autobiographical, about her family, often about the deaths of her sister and father.<br/><br/>As with &quot;Descending Figure,&quot; I enjoyed the spareness of the language in the book, as well as some interesting metaphors: her framing of new widows and new orphans as being &quot;born&quot; ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69750428">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[so, it took me forever to find this volume, and i was shocked to discover i don't like it as much as i thought i would.  or,at least, i don't love all of it as much as i LOVE the last poem (First Memory), which has been a longtime favorite.  it's just not as sophisticated as her later works.  but ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39916184">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best collection of poetry I own.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 16 16:41:22 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 16 16:44:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a minute to catch on to how this book worked, but once I did, I thought it was great.  Individually, I don't love any of the poems, and was hoping for and expecting something entirely different--but collectively, they are powerful and beautiful, with arc and flow.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was surprised not to like this book, since Gluck is one of my favorite contemporary poets.  I just couldn't see her usual insight in any of these, maybe because the book seems to be more personally centered around events in her life.  Oh well...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my what a book!  Gluck seriously could've have ripped pages from my life when she wrote the poems in this book...amazing stuff in there.  It really hit home with me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gluck reflects on her family, women left without a father. This collection is particularly cutting and dry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry from Louise Gluck that moves me like I sometimes forget poetry can- poems about the pain of her growing up.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's about time I pick up the book that contains my favorite poem...<br/><br/>so far, my favorite of her books.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[More here: [http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/282-Ararat-and-The-Wild-Iris-A-Study-In-Voice.html]]]></body>
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    <review id="21411461">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what took me so long to read Louise Gluck. Very powerful.]]></body>
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    <review id="28253904">
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    <body><![CDATA[Collection of poetry reflecting on deaths in the family]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, well-done, and so on, but not my cup of tea.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[love letters to a dysfunctional family.]]></body>
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