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Eric Severn

Shame|Shame

Book Review by Eric Severn

Shame|Shame, by Devin Becker. BOA Editions, 2015. $13, 104 pages.

To say the poems in Devin Becker’s new collection of poetry, Shame|Shame, are about shame misses the point. Rather, many of these poems deal with a particular variety …

Ongoingness: The End of a Diary

Book Review by Eric Severn

Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, by Sarah Manguso. Graywolf, 2015. $20, 97 Pages.

Though a memoir, Sarah Manguso’s latest book, Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, focuses less on Manguso’s life and more on her meticulous journaling, which …

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