Once in the West: Poems These decades of the Interbellum

These decades of the Interbellum Constitution were a foundational period of both constitutional crisis and creativity

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unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent

Once in the West: Poems These decades of the InterbellumOne of The New York Times' 10 Favorite Poetry Books of 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Winner of the 2015 Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit in Poetry A searing new collection from one of our country's most important poets Memories mercies mostly aren't but there were I swear days veined with grace from "Memory's Mercies" Once in the West, Christian Wiman's fourth collection, is as intense and intimate as poetry gets from