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All the parts of my life

"I am trying to hold in one steady glance / all the parts of my life." — Adrienne Rich, from the poem "Toward the Solstice"

I got a little bit carried away …

April 7, 2016

… and thanks to BookMooch, half price days at the Chandler Booktique at TSCPL, and one order from Better World Books, I’ve acquired all these in the past month. All my packages have arrived, and I’m planning to NOT get any more books for a while.

But what a lovely stack! Isn’t it marvelous? Looking at it makes me happy — though not quite as happy as when I’m reading something from it.

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