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08/20
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White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006 (Hardcover) by Donald Hall bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Celeste said:
"Whimsical one moment and then devastating the next but enjoyable every single one. A must for poets.
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08/20
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Otherwise: New & Selected Poems (Paperback) by Jane Kenyon bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Celeste said:
"These poems, I'm still reading the book, but these poems are what a poet should read. Her attention to language, to her meaning is focused. Through reading her work I've gained a much deeper appreciation for revision. They are funny yet poignant.
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Celeste
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White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006 (Hardcover) by Donald Hall bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Celeste said:
"Whimsical one moment and then devastating the next but enjoyable every single one. A must for poets.
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Celeste
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Otherwise: New & Selected Poems (Paperback) by Jane Kenyon bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Celeste said:
"These poems, I'm still reading the book, but these poems are what a poet should read. Her attention to language, to her meaning is focused. Through reading her work I've gained a much deeper appreciation for revision. They are funny yet poignant.
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Behind My Eyes: Poems (with audio CD) by Li-Young Lee |
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Narratives of Greater Mexico: Essays on Chicano Literary History, Genre, and Borders (CMAS History, Culture, & Society Series) by Héctor Calderón |
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Poetry's Old Air (Poets on Poetry) by Marianne Boruch |
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Poems: New and Selected (Paperback) by Marianne Boruch |
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The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon (Paperback) by Donald Hall |
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Celeste said:
"Sensitive and earnest. There is quite a lot of retelling or relooping of details from one chapter to the next. I enjoyed that quality of the book as it bound the story and the relationship together so well.
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| August 20 | ||
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Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness (Paperback) by Donna Farhi |
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| January 09 | ||
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Cien botellas en una pared (Hardback) by Ena Lucía Portela Arzola |
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recommended for: those who can read Spanish
read in January, 2008
Celeste said:
"If you read Spanish, if you are interested in a different Cuban woman coming of age story, if you want to know what Cuba is like right now for young women PUES read this - if you can get your hands on it. Riveting. Fresh language. Great quotes from c...more
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| May 30 | ||
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Collected Poems: Auden (Paperback) by W.H. Auden |
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read in May, 2008
Celeste said:
"A look-back in modernist poetry for me. Not for people who don't like poetry. Some are a bit stodgy but others are wonderfully conversational though they are in iambic pentameter.
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