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Title: Lackluster
Review: This is by no means near the caliber of book one expects to be winning the National Poetry Series. The poems are edgy, but they lack substance, and many of them seem to need significant editing. It is not surprising that so few of these poems appeared in recognized national literary journals before the publication of the book. Why books like these win national book contests remains a mystery to me. I can see that this book would stand out among a sea of dull manuscripts, but it is hardly good enough to be published in this series and by HarperCollins, no less.
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