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“I think Anne Carson is one of the most startling original contemporary voices in poetry and if you’ve ever heard her read it is the most extraordinary experience. I love The Beauty of the Husband. It’s very unconventional as a poetry collection because it’s actually a novel. She’s devised her own idiosyncratic structuring principle, which is the tango – the dance. She tells the story of a divorce in what she calls 29 tangos. It’s utterly compelling: every time I read it I can’t put it down. She’s got that novelist’s knack of making you turn the page and at the same time there is such radiant poetic language. I think it’s a brilliant book.” Read more...
Sinéad Morrissey, Poet
