Fanny Howe's Final Collection: "This Poor Book" Reviewed
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Sasha Frere-Jones
Summary
A critical review and appreciation of Fanny Howe's posthumous poetry collection "This Poor Book," published by Graywolf Press. The article examines Howe's final work, highlighting her characteristic fusion of spiritual devotion and attention to children, while reflecting on her legacy as a poet who saw the same world as everyone else but rendered it with unique clarity and tenderness.
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· 3 pulledI don't think I have written a book without a child in it
your soul is just a length of baby
And is there a poet who isn't her child?
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