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The Book of Nightmares

by Galway Kinnell · 1971

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Galway Kinnell's poetry has always been marked by richness of language, devotion to the things and creatures of the world, and an effort to transform every understanding into the universality of art.

Genre
literary fiction
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
short · 88 pages
Form
poetry

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