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Book by Casey, Michael
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1 author picked Obscenities as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Few books capture such a down-to-earth, colloquial, and plainspoken voice—Casey’s book won the Yale Younger Series, and one can see why.
These poems seem elusively simple on the surface, as if a young soldier is just speaking to you at a bar or on a street corner; however, they capture, overall, a cacophony of voices that probe the depths of war, soldiering, humanity, and memory.
From Hugh's list on poetry written by American Vietnam veterans.
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