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Open House by David Baker, Beth Ann Fennelly

timbo001's review

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4.0

Serious poems can be funny. Or funny poems can be serious.

xschweingehabtx's review

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2.0

Picked a copy of this up because her poem "What I Think About When Someone Uses 'Pussy' as a Synonym for Weak" absolutely floored me (despite its, imo, terrible title). But this collection was not my style. It's not bad writing, but I'm already not particularly inclined to like poetry, so it was too much for me. That said, it's almost 2 decades old, so I'll probably try a newer collection and see if it resonates more.
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