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1.Borderlands/La Frontera, Third Edition: The New Mestiza by: Gloria Anzalda June 01, 2007
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I'm very satisfied with my order because in my opinion Borderlands/La Frontera is one of the best books about chicano identity.

2.Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by: Allen Ginsberg January 01, 2001
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Don't get me wrong. I attended 3 readings by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusettes in the late 1970's and even recorded "Contest of the Bards" and handed him a copy of it at his request,... I 'absolutely' consider his oratory style of delivery and poetic verse and style amazing and brilliant and so very very entertaining and inspiring.. but the 'greatest' epic poem or poet of his century I just can't agree with. Gary Snyder made such an impact with introducing the marriage of Zen and the Orient into modern poetry style of his day (as Vincent vanGogh and Gauguin did in painting in the Expressionest era in painting/art), and Gary's poems of the passing of a day's events are so brilliant and open and revealing, and Jack Kerouac's style and impact, and Ferlinghetti's ... Read More

3.To Kill a Mockingbird (Cliffs Notes) by: Cliffs, Tamara Castleman June 26, 2000
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I was pleased with the cliff notes, as well as the transaction. Seller had good communication and shipped quickly. Highly recommend! Thanks!

4.Meditations in an Emergency by: Frank O'Hara April 01, 1996
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The country is gray and brown and white and trees. Snows and skies of laughter always diminishing. Less funny, not just darker, not just gray. It may be the coldest day of the year. What does he think of that...I mean, what do I? And if I do...perhaps I am myself again." The above was quoted from the voice over narration at the end of the second season premiere of "Mad Men" on AMC. I had never heard of Frank O'hara or "Meditations in an Emergency" before, but the words Mr O'Hara created have filled me with wonder and awe. When it becomes available again I intend to purchase this book in the hope that there may be even more words that will have a similar effect contained within it.

5.Ballistics: Poems by: Billy Collins September 09, 2008
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The country is gray and brown and white and trees. Snows and skies of laughter always diminishing. Less funny, not just darker, not just gray. It may be the coldest day of the year. What does he think of that...I mean, what do I? And if I do...perhaps I am myself again." The above was quoted from the voice over narration at the end of the second season premiere of "Mad Men" on AMC. I had never heard of Frank O'hara or "Meditations in an Emergency" before, but the words Mr O'Hara created have filled me with wonder and awe. When it becomes available again I intend to purchase this book in the hope that there may be even more words that will have a similar effect contained within it.

6.The Niagara River: Poems (Grove Press Poetry) by: Kay Ryan August 17, 2005
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I am a big fan of poetry and this book did not disappoint me. I live in Australia, and therefore am not exposed to what is au courant in the US anymore [originally from the US]. I saw Kay Ryan on the Lehrer Report which is broadcast over here. She was reading from this book, and I decided to buy a copy. The poems are earthy and touch places of the heart that elicit a sigh of recognition. It is good to read poetry that is open, uncoded and taps into our everyday experiences with such elegant simplicity.

7.In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop by: Steve Kowit 1995-06
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As I started to read this book, I thought I had a pretty good idea about poetry. I was totally wrong. I knew nothing at all. In the foreword to this book Dorianne Laux writes:"I was lucky. And now you can be lucky too". I thought that it sounded promising, but then I did not think more about it. As I started reading and after just a couple of pages, I understood what Dorianne Laux meant. If you hold this book in your hand and if you are prepared to discover what Steve Kowit has to show you about the world of poetry - then you are truly lucky. As the title says, you hold the Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand. Go for it!

8.Red Bird: Poems by: Mary Oliver April 15, 2008
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I cannot get enough of Mary Oliver's poetry. "Red Bird" is one of her best. She takes you to the world of birds and wildlife in ways that help you see life differently. Peaceful yet sad. Moving.

9.The Waste Land (Norton Critical Editions) by: T. S. Eliot 2000-12
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I am not going to review the famous poem. Such a review, from an Amazon customer, would be unnecessary and preposterous. (It astonishes me so few of my fellow reviewers have realized this). This is a review of the selection of texts this Norton Critical Edition has annexed to the poem. The editor of this book has (a little lazily, perhaps) simply concertinaed Eliot's sources and a sampling of critical essays into 280 pages. The reader receives little to no editorial guidance from Michael North. But the approach is simple and it works. If you are determined to understand Eliot's poem, then all the pieces of the exegetical puzzle are here, in one convenient volume, to be pieced together. That piecing together, let me emphasize, is not done for you. But then, I wonder if any other approach to Eliot's poem ... Read More

10.Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by: Billy Collins September 17, 2002
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"Sailing Alone Around the Room" is so unexpected and funny and poignant and even exquisite. Collins' poems involve you like Alice when she stepped through the looking glass or fell down the rabbit's hole. And you're so comfortable, and the adventure is so real you don't want to leave. It's like being picked up in a three-wheeled tempo and carted off to places you hadn't thought to go, yet places you recognize when you arrive.

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