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Ordinary Words
By Ruth Stone
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Ordinary Words, Ruth Stone's new collection of poems, is the recipient of The Academy of American Poets Eric Mathieu King Award. Written between 1995 and 1998, this collection of formal and free verse profoundly responds to our century's closure. Poems take place in trailer parks and trains traveling through Texas; her heroes are plumbers, dead uncles, the teenage daughters of struggling single mothers. The poet speaks to other poets and poetry lovers, as well as to individuals intimidated and u…
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