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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256032.Outside_History_Selected_Poems_1980_1990?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1173198891m/256032.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256032.Outside_History_Selected_Poems_1980_1990?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/59688.Eavan_Boland">Eavan Boland</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6347769?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>This is an amazing collection of poetry. I started it on my trip to Ireland back in college and picked it up again a couple months ago. Boland has a quietly observant voice and uses many references to mythology and Irish culture without getting too obscure. She writes a lot about memory, nature, and connections between generations of women, and her words are beautifully chosen. Some of my favorite poems are: "The Journey," "Mountain Time," "Outside History," "Suburban Woman: A Detail," "The Wild Spray," and "Night Feed." <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/273426?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>