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The Book Of Men (2011)

by Dorianne Laux(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0393079554 (ISBN13: 9780393079555)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I bought this book when I saw Dorianne Laux read at my school earlier this Fall, because after hearing the poem about Super Man contemplating his cancer while smoking pot high above Metropolis, I had to get the book that contained it. Laux's poems feel so settled and complete, and read not like someone contemplating her subject matter, but like someone who has just found the perfect wording for her mind's wanderings; she gives you the words for your absent observations that float around day to day, forming the disconnected monologue in your head. I loved this book. It's beautifully accessible and has phrases that twist your mouth into a smile as the words fall out or leaves it open, waiting for the comfort she always delivers.
review 2: (Read as 2.5 stars - she... more gets the extra half star because of how much I loved What We Carry.....)Reading the reviews here, I definitely feel like I missed something in this collection.After how much I loved the last book of hers that I read, I feel like I am missing something even moreso.Perhaps I should have read The Book of Women first?Perhaps I wasn't in the right state of mind.It just felt a bit flat for me. More like writing exercises than writing.That is more harsh sounding than I mean it to be - I'm not feeling at the top of my game, vocabulary-wise. less

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