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Download or read book Spirit Cabinet written by David Wojahn and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirit Cabinet is an ambitious work, seamlessly mixing autobiography with subjects ranging from pop music to ancient Egypt, from Stalin's reading habits to Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition. Formally inventive, elegiac and redemptive, aesthetically and emotionally risky, this is Wojahn's most ingenious and compelling collection.

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