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Booker-nominated novelist captures the elusive nature of our strongest emotions, in prose.
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Living literature disguised as art criticism.
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Here are 31 single author volumes of poetry that our reviewer recommends.
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An exploration of the process of creation from multiple angles.
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Complex characters populate the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s latest novel.
