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shellroch285's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
The fragmented and choppy nature of the poems definitely added to the existentialism. Takes a specific mindset to read, but I appreciated the sounds in certain poems.
poetkoala's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up this book because Mary Jo Bang came to visit my university a couple years ago and I was interested by her poem "B is for Beckett." I've found through reading this book that her metaphors and imagery are complex and sometimes difficult to follow, but so rich that you don't mind holding on and going for a ride. I thought that it was a clever idea to write an abecedarian type book, and it's an idea that I might want to use for my Poem-A-Day Project. Overall really neat and worth the read. Nearly devoured in two Amtrak trips.
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