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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 12:27:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 18 12:35:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hate giving good books 4 stars, but I can't give everything 5 stars, and I do wish there were more of the brother poems.  Unlike another GoodReads reviewer, I'm glad the brother poems weren't grouped together -- it feels right to have him drifting in and out.  The central metaphor of the brother swimming beneath it all is very poignant, and works for many of the topics, among them the strong poems on sexual identity, but doesn't always -- and the subject matter is engrossing in the kind of way where it's easy to become distracted by anything that doesn't fit.  It falls into the first book trap of including a few poems that would work better in other collections.  But overall, an outstanding debut.  ]]></body>
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