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PORTRAIT OF THE ALCOHOLIC
PORTRAIT OF THE ALCOHOLIC | Kaveh Akbar
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Portrait of the Alcoholic is the first chapbook of poems from Ruth Lilly-winner and founding editor of Divedapper, Kaveh Akbar.
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conorpunchbook
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“Some boys aren‘t born
they bubble up from the earth‘s crust”

Kaveh Akbar‘s first poetry (chap)book. Get past the horrible cover and dive into the poetry of ghosts and regrets

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utterKATEness
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In only 45 pages Akbar left me gasping at the emotional intensity of this short collection and in utter awe of the chapbook‘s final two lines; “The boat I am building / will never be done.”

#poetry #kavehakbar

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Hooked_on_books If you made this picture yourself, it's amazing. And even if you didn't, it's still cool. 7y
shawnmooney @Hooked__on__books I did not, just happened upon it today in my Twitter feed. 😀 7y
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nerdybookgirl
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Poetry win 🙌🙌🙌

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hwheaties
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This one is going to take a while to recover from. So unsettling and perfect. Cameo by Jimmy, of course.

#poetry #CatsOfLitsy

JessClark78 🐱❤️ 7y
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How you know it's a good book of poetry: you can't resist annotations because it's made you think so much.

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hwheaties
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Yay for poetry! Bought this based on a fellow poet's recommendation. One poem in and not disappointed!

britt_brooke Interesting cover! 7y
ramyasbookshelf Whoa! Interesting cover, interesting title. I'm drooling. Want to get hold of this right away! 7y
hwheaties @britt_brooke It is! And the poetry inside was so good. 7y
hwheaties @ramyasbookshelf You should! Finished today and made MANY annotations. 7y
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