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Monument: Poems New and Selected

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Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey is an American poet known for her works that often explore themes of race, history, and identity, winning widespread acclaim from readers and critics. more

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“Garraty wondered how it would be, to lie in the biggest, dustiest library silence of all, dreaming endless, thoughtless dreams behind your gummed-down eyelids, dressed forever in your Sunday suit. No worries about money, success, fear, joy, pain, sorrow, sex, or love. Absolute zero. No father, mother, girlfriend, lover. The dead are orphans. No company but the silence like a moth's wing. An end to the agony of movement, to the long nightmare of going down the road. The body in peace, stillness, and order. The perfect darkness of death. How would that be? Just how would that be?”

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Book:The Long Walk
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