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The Complete Poems

by Anne Sexton · 1981

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From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems from her last years.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of thismental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of thissuicidesuicideMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 656 pages
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