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The Complete Poetical Works of Stephen Crane by Stephen Crane

sarahdworjan's review against another edition

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5.0

Stephen Crane's poems follow a pattern. The opening is sweeping and expansive, giving you gorgeous writing for about ten lines while you marvel at your native language. And then Stephen Crane says, "NOPE, FUCK YOU" and slams the ending of the poem on your head. In the best way. So five stars, because the pattern fucking WORKS.

...Maybe I'm not selling it very well. If you're curious, you can try, "A Man Said to the Universe." Five lines of genius.

katiebartmess's review

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4.0

Contains my favorite poem ever - In the Desert - and the rest of his work made me think critically about things I never thought to think critically about. One sad dude. Love him.
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