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Original Essays | June 17, 2013

Richard Melo: IMG The Outer Sunset

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Her name was "Waterloo Sunset," and she wasn't a girl (or a boy for that matter) but rather a song by the Kinks, and I fell in love just the same.... Continue »
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The insomniac speakers in Halflife are coming of age in a mythical world full of threat and promise. Seeking their true selves amid the fallen cathedrals of America, they speak wryly of destructive love affairs, aesthetic obsession, and encroaching war, but refuse to abandon hope in the power of imagination.

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"Magnificent."--New York Times Book Review

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"Impressive. A box full of surprises and intense delights."'"Billy Collins
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About the Author

Meghan O'Rourke is the literary editor of Slate and a poetry editor at the Paris Review.
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ISBN:
9780393333176
Author:
Orourke, Meghan
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Author:
O'Rourke, Meghan
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
General Poetry
Subject:
Single Author / American
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Copyright:
2008
Publication Date:
20081031
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TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
8 x 6 in
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