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Buck Studies by Douglas Kearney

grimondgalgmod's review against another edition

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4.0

A super interesting collection. The collage poems were largely inscrutable but probably worth revisiting. What really works here is Kearney's mixture of the sacred and profane in the cycles where folk characters like Stagger Lee and Brer Rabbit are conflated with Herakles and Jesus Christ.

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challenging reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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