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“Dorianne Laux dares to parse her life through the prism of men who’ve passed through it.” —New York Times

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"Laux’s superb language and use of metaphor read as insightful and effortless." -- Time Out New York
"Laux at her best. She’s witty, engaging, and candid…Echoes of Whitman are everywhere in The Book of Men. Both Whitman and Laux are profoundly democratic poets. Anyone can live in their poems, and their poems can live anywhere." -- The Rumpus
"[Laux is] continually engaging and, at her best, luminous." -- San Diego Union-Tribune
"The Book of Men…makes us grateful once again for poetry's capacity for rescue." -- B. H. Fairchild
"The poetry of Dorianne Laux is essential." -- Nick Flynn

The Book of Men Poems

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 07/12/2012
      ISBN13: 9780393342659, 978-0393342659
      ISBN10: 0393342654

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Dorianne Laux dares to parse her life through the prism of men who’ve passed through it.” —New York Times

      Trade Review
      "Laux’s superb language and use of metaphor read as insightful and effortless." -- Time Out New York
      "Laux at her best. She’s witty, engaging, and candid…Echoes of Whitman are everywhere in The Book of Men. Both Whitman and Laux are profoundly democratic poets. Anyone can live in their poems, and their poems can live anywhere." -- The Rumpus
      "[Laux is] continually engaging and, at her best, luminous." -- San Diego Union-Tribune
      "The Book of Men…makes us grateful once again for poetry's capacity for rescue." -- B. H. Fairchild
      "The poetry of Dorianne Laux is essential." -- Nick Flynn

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