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  <title><![CDATA[The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New]]></title>
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  <default_description>From the award-winning poet and novelist--a must-have collection of his four previous books of poetry plus a selection of new, unpublished work.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1995</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Denis Johnson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A 1995 gathering of Denis Johnson’s four published books of poetry, from 1969 to 1987, plus about 20 pages of then new poems. <br/><br/>A little back story: My wife and I have very different literary tastes. When we moved in together and intermingled our books there was hardly any overlap; a Fau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47234855">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 20 07:20:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must admit that I have not read all of the poems in this book; it is so large, and I generally don't read lengthy books of poetry in one sitting. I must also confess that Denis Johnson is one of the top ten living writers that I admire most in the world, and his work is always startling and scary ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43687283">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA['I will remember you always/and think of you with bitterness' is a great poem I'm misquoting.]]></body>
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    <review id="63576358">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as his fiction, but funny.]]></body>
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    <review id="14940399">
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 08 16:13:00 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is too damn good to even talk about. Just imagine the creepy vibe inherent to his short stories from &quot;Jesus' Son&quot; and apply it to poetry. I'm still bothered by the idea of people walking around with their eyes closed and eyeballs painted on their eyelids. There's also a pretty nifty s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14940399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13501789">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[While in the creative writing seminars I wrote a letter to one of my teachers and said the Denis Johnson writes the way I wish I could write.  My teacher was not impressed.  I graduated anyway.  He can kiss my literarily certified ass.  This book is amazing.]]></body>
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    <review id="6846542">
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 26 13:51:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most amazing collections of poetry.  Johnson's 1st book is amazing...i wish i had a copy!  Skip the &quot;New&quot; poems; his earlier work is much better.<br/><br/>Read...or be dumb!!!]]></body>
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    <review id="27863077">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this after reading Johnson's Jesus' Son. His language is very refined, but sometimes his poetry turns into nonsense. I like his fiction better. ]]></body>
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    <review id="314859">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Only to people who have read other DJ stuff first]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some hits, a lot of misses. His poetry is not nearly as good as his prose... but still better than most. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I prefer DJ's fiction, but there are some stone cold classics in here.]]></body>
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    <review id="33208027">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my top ten all-time favorite books of poetry.]]></body>
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    <review id="18729831">
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 26 20:15:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[jury's still out.  way out.]]></body>
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    <review id="18172719">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Obviously I am a huge fan of his.]]></body>
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    <review id="4251510">
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    <body><![CDATA[great collection of poetry]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, but I like his stories better. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[on fire]]></body>
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