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Overview
In poems that travel from the horrific flight of a World War II pilot to the World Trade Center attack, from the death of JFK Jr. to the poet's own bastard birth, Ai conjures purity as a distant memory and the knowledge of evil as an "infinite dark night." "An undoubtedly powerful personae."--Publishers Weekly "Ai's cleansing soliloquies give voice to pain both personal and communal.... Dread] presents her most masterfully unnerving works to date."--Booklist "Dread has the characteristic moral strength that makes Ai a necessary poet."--The New York Times Book Review
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- ISBN-13: 9780393326192
- ISBN-10: 0393326195
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: November 2004
- Dimensions: 8.24 x 5.54 x 0.41 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
- Page Count: 123
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