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Why it matters
The collection shows the sustained evolution of a singular dramatic voice.
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Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016
Frank Bidart2017 selection · Poetry
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016
Five decades of dramatic and lyric poems explore desire, guilt, art, identity, and moral conflict.
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You like psychologically intense poetry and persona poems.
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