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Given the praise surrounding this collection, I was mildly disappointed. For one thing, it's really short. About 50 pages, with lots of white space and prose mixed in. It's basically a plumped up chapbook. Kaminsky has a very delicate and often beautiful touch, with suffering, joy, and memory being the subjects of just about every poem. That's not easy to do, and says something about why people are excited about this guy. Still, it's a collection haunted by the ghosts of other poets (Brodsky, Ma
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I can't rate this higher because I don't really understand it and I didn't love it immediately. Poetry can be like that in the beginning, so I may revisit it.
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Dec 13, 2009
Jessica
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Caroline
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