The Book of Men
Date of Review:
Nov.06.2011
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Reviewer:
Michael Meyerhofer
Source:
http://troublewithhammers.blogspot.com/2011/11/dorianne-lauxs-book-of-men.html
All too often, contemporary poets fall victim to the belief that they must over-elevate their diction and earn points for being clever before they're allowed to relax a bit and simply be honest.Dorianne Laux is a poet who has the guts, the heart, and the lyrical chops to do otherwise. She is one of the best living poets and The Book of Men is one of her best collections.
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O Magazine, for example, would love her poems, as would its readers. I think of her as the Ricky Lee Jones of poetry. They are often sweet without being sentimental. Her poems are little songs of honest hope. --Dean Rader”
—The Rumpus
About Dorianne
Dorianne Laux’s most recent collections are The Book of Men and Facts about the Moon. A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of the Oregon Book Award and The Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry, Laux is also author of Awake, What We...
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