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“The language is spare and under control and has a genuine immediacy...The poems never preach but are lined out with a cool and therefore devastating effect”

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Vern Rutsala

Vern Rutsala was an American poet, born on February 5, 1934, and passed away on April 2, 2014. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound depiction of nature. more

“In Scripture the visitation of an angel is always alarming; it has to begin by saying 'Fear not.' The Victorian angel looks as if it were going to say, 'There, there.' The literary symbols are more dangerous [than sculptures and pictures] because they are not so easily recognized as symbolical. Those of Dante are best. Before his angels we sink in awe.”

Ifs Looks Dangerous Angel Scripture Symbols Awe Sculpture Fear Not Victorian Visitation

Author:Kathryn Lindskoog

“Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner of a cat amusing himself among the butterflies without a need to interfere should their wings get torn off. They were only butterflies, after all.”

Knows World Needs Should Lord Cat Wings Gossip Butterfly Interfere Torn Mundane Amusing

Author:Gail Carriger

“The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress.”

World Universe Social Causes Patterns Nonsense Distress Unlikely Attempting Dukes Spinsters

Author:Gail Carriger

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