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The Next Illogical Step In Love Poetry "The next illogical step in love poetry The most inscrutable beautiful names in this world always do sound like diseases.

Writing outside the boundaries of rhyme and stanza, a poet praised for her striking associations and surprising rhythms presents a collection of modern love poe

"A heady, infectious celebration."—The New Yorker "Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."—Harvard Revi

“Brenda Shaughnessy’s poems bristle with imperatives: ‘confuse me, spoon-feed me, stop the madness, decide.’ There are more direct orders in her first f

"Shaughnessy's particular genius . . . is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope."—The New Yorker "Brenda Shaughnessy's work is a good place to start for any