false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178925214m/854651.jpg 854651 2 This year's winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition is Maurice Manning's Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions. These compelling poems take us on a wild ride through the life of a man child in the rural South. Presenting a cast of allegorical and symbolic, yet very real, characters, the poems have "authority, daring, [and] a language of color and sure movement," says series judge W.S. Merwin. 840144 11 7 2001 Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions (Yale Series of Younger Poets) total:88|5:55|4:25|3:6|2:2|1:0| 88 397 116 11 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 14:05:54 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:09:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 06:24:28 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 06:28:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 24 22:17:28 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 22:27:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 30 06:50:53 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 06:59:19 -0700 2008
In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that Maurice Manning is a dear friend, but, as a trained journalist, can say objectively that he's a marvelous poet.

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