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The Wild Iris

by Louise Gluck · 1992

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This collection of stunningly beautiful poems encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms, and is bound together by the universal themes of time and mortality. With clarity and sureness of craft, Gluck's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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spiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 63 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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