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Review: Lavinia Greenlaw's 'The Casual Perfect' by Sean O'Brien

Review: Lavinia Greenlaw’s ‘The Casual Perfect’
by Sean O’Brien

October 14, 2011
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The Casual Perfect by Lavinia Greenlaw Lavinia Greenlaw’s new collection glows with charm. In the title poem of her absorbing fourth collection, The Casual Perfect,…

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Review: Michael Longley's 'A Hundred Doors' by Sean O'Brien

Review: Michael Longley’s ‘A Hundred Doors’
by Sean O’Brien

April 9, 2011
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A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley Michael Longley’s reverence for the living and the dead is as evident as ever. The entirety of “Horseshoe”, from…

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Review: August Kleinzahler's 'Sleeping It Off in Rapid City' by Sean O'Brien

Review: August Kleinzahler’s ‘Sleeping It Off in Rapid City’
by Sean O’Brien

March 19, 2011
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Sleeping It Off in Rapid City by August Kleinzahler Kleinzahler manages a convincing, grimly comic synthesis of materials in this collection of new and selected…

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Review: CK Williams' 'Wait' by Sean O'Brien

Review: CK Williams’ ‘Wait’
by Sean O’Brien

January 15, 2011
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Wait by CK Williams CK Williams continues to search for the good in America. In “The Foundation” from Wait, CK Williams nominates Walt Whitman as a…

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