In honor of National Poetry Month, here are 5 books I've recently gotten my greedy little fingers and curious eyes on. I haven't been this excited about a batch of books in a long old time.

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Wednesday Linkstorm

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Nonfiction Pizza Party

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Wednesday Linkstorm

J. Robert Lennon thinks most contemporary fiction is terrible. Yeah, okay. Unless it's the opposite of that and it's never been better.

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Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.

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Wednesday Linkstorm

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Nonfiction Pizza Party

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Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.

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Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.

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Wednesday Linkstorm

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Nonfiction Pizza Party

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Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.

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