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In short, there's nothing genteel and bloodless about Voigt's poetry. Her tough-minded refusal to write pretty poems has also stayed with her throughout her career. Perhaps more than any other quality, this readiness to face what's ugly and painful and real elevates Ellen Bryant Voigt's oeuvre from competence and craft to mastery. Messenger is a lesson in how to write poetry that will last.
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