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Refusing Heaven : Poems by Jack Gilbert is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Refusing Heaven : Poems about?
More than a decade after Jack Gilbert’s <i>The Great Fires</i>, this highly anticipated new collection shows the continued development of a poet who has remained fierce in his avoidance of the beaten path. In <i>Refusing Heaven</i>, Gilbert writes compellingly about the commingled passion, loneliness, and sometimes surprising happiness of a life spent in luminous understanding of his own blessings and shortcomings: “The days and nights wasted . . . Long hot afternoons / watching ants while the c
Who reads Refusing Heaven : Poems?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jack Gilbert
- Publisher
- Knopf; distributed by Random House
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780375710858
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (70 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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