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Meditative, meticulously-crafted poems that nonetheless take seriously the idea that all poetry is a form of praise, and that "the habit of sadness just isn’t enough/ … / because it isn't joy." Gathering Wild is Marianne Bluger's second book.
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Marianne Bluger
Marianne Bluger was a Canadian poet from Ottawa, Ontario.
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