false 59375071 239699 5944 0679779132 9780679779131 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553809m/5944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5944.The_Cinnamon_Peeler_Selected_Poems 4.08 547 The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist.]]> 4030 3.78 21066 2469 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 02:01:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 02:02:45 -0700 2009
Big metaphors, silly similes, occasionally.

I liked the stuff about his family, now that I've read his "autobiography." There's a lot of extra detail in it.

Again, I prefer the poetry interspersed with prose in Billy the Kid and Coming Through Slaughter. More... grounded. But I liked quite a lot of this more than I imagined I would.]]>