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"In this gorgeous third collection, Sandra Lim investigates desire, sexuality, and dream with sinewy intelligence and a startling freshness. Intense and searching, the poems of The Curious Thing explore passion, self-scrutiny, and female rage with glittering precision and peerless fluency. Lim writes fearless lyrics anchored by generosity, stinging wit, and a tough-minded approach to her own experiences. With fiery emotional clarity and a "whistle-in-the-dark bravado," these poems reveal "a mind studying itself and its ambivalence, exact at every turn, and by the end, breathtaking" (Louise…
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2021W. W. Norton & Company · 64 pages · 9780393867893
- Other · English · 2023Curious ThingNorton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 9781324066187
- Other · English · 2021Curious ThingNorton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 9780393867909
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