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The Postal Confessions
The Postal Confessions | Max Garland
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These poems wrestle with the inherited myths of their particular time and place. Often set in a small corner of western Kentucky, they explore moments when an individual life becomes implicated in a larger scheme-- the realm of Cold War politics, the mysteries of religious faith, the codes and rituals of romantic love. Max Garland shows a lyrical determination to deal with history through the lives, minds, and emotions of ordinary people "stricken with time." In poems about baptism, bowling, Greek goddesses, and the hydrogen bomb, Garland seems to say that knowledge and even revelation might come from anywhere. The book ends with the image of the empty space Michelangelo left between the hands of Adam and God on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; that tension between what lasts and what passes away, comprises the territory of these poems.
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EclecticBookLover

@Madamereginald Your book arrived today! I was gonna email you today if it didn't show up by the end of the day, but it was waiting on my porch when I left for work 😊

Madamereginald Sorry for the delay🙈...I‘ll do better on the next one 🤗 7y
EclecticBookLover @Madamereginald You're fine! You gave us a heads up, an I think I've got plenty of time. I was just concerned it was lost in the mail. 7y
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RebelReader
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These are going in the mail today:

1. #postlit is headed to @Paws-and-books I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did! 🤓

2. #1001Travelingbookswap is traveling to @vivastory who will be the first in Group K to read this one.

Also sending some treats for both of you to enhance your reading pleasure. 😜

JaclynW Gorgeous! 7y
merelybookish Fun! I have everything ready except the book (should arrived today or tomorrow) and then I'll be mailing a parcel out to you! 7y
RebelReader @merelybookish I'm excited to see which book you chose! 7y
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trazo I am so glad you enjoyed it! 7y
Soubhiville Oh nice! Pretty journals! 7y
vivastory Yay! I'm very excited! 7y
merelybookish @RebelReader I mailed your package off today. Should be there by Monday! ☺️ 7y
RebelReader Wahoo! Love me some book mail! 💕💕 7y
Paws-and-books Awesome! Thank you @RebelReader 😊 I will watch out for it. 7y
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REPollock
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I forgot to take a package pic but I just sent #2018nonfictionbookexchange mail to @bridge12 so yay!!! I hope you like the titles I picked! #2018NFBE #bookmail #bookswap @inwhichHeikereadsharder

bridge12 YEAH!!! I‘m so excited! Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
heikemarie Woohoo!! No worries. Can‘t wait til opening day! 7y
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erinreads
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Kinda want to do this, but I also want an all YA group. There‘s still plenty of fully open groups, so are there 3 other people interested in doing all YA? 💁🏼 #LMPBC

Sign up in Group Q! https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080444aead2ca0ff2-l...

callielafleur I would! Let me know which group to sign up for! ❤️ 7y
erinreads YAY! Going for Group Q now! 7y
kamoorephoto Me!! All YA! 7y
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kamoorephoto @erinreads @callielafleur I do too, which group????!! 7y
erinreads @kamoorephoto I‘m in Group Q! 7y
maich I like YA? Where are you from? I would like to join with EU people. 7y
kamoorephoto @maich Maybe there can be a second YA group, for Europe? @ephemeralwaltz @scripturient ?? 7y
kamoorephoto @callielafleur Just signed up for Q too... 7y
ephemeralwaltz @maich @kamoorephoto that's fun! I already signed up for the other Europe group, though, sorry :/ thanks for thinking of me!! 7y
callielafleur I signed up for Q! 7y
erinreads @IheartYA This is no pressure, but if you‘re not tied to your group, Q is doing YA and we‘re all US. Just saying. 😎😎😎 There‘s one spot left, toooo. 7y
IheartYA @erinreads ohhh I didn't realize Q was still USA. Signed up! 7y
erinreads @IheartYA Yayyy! 🤗 7y
kamoorephoto @IheartYA You got it?!! 👏👏👏👏👏 Woohoo! 7y
kamoorephoto So it‘s me, @IheartYA , @erinreads and @callielafleur - yay, ladies!! I‘m excited!!! We will have to think of a cool name 😽 7y
IheartYA A name? Maybe.... Young (at heart) Adults 😂 Haha. So corny! Ahhh, we can do better. I'll sleep on it! 7y
callielafleur Hmmmm.... Group YA-mazing? Q&YA? I bet we can do better.... 7y
erinreads @kamoorephoto @IheartYA @callielafleur Very happy with our little YA group! 💕 And I didn‘t even consider we could have a cool name! Just to add to the corny ideas: Forever Young (Adult)? 😹 7y
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ArcaneStars
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@PurpleyPumpkin Got my package 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks for the beautiful Halloween surprise 🎃 It made me rly happy to see it - it‘s my favourite holiday, this just got me even more psyched for it ❤️ ..... @BookHermit - great pick! I got a copy of this in August and was reading myself closer to it on my TBR and Lo! I get to read before I expected - truly excited 😃

PurpleyPumpkin Yay! So glad you got it. Now read really fast!😉 7y
ArcaneStars @PurpleyPumpkin You serious? I have 20 days ! that‘s about 4 average length novels timescale in ArcaneStars land 😄 (edited) 7y
PurpleyPumpkin Actually, you‘re right, we do have 20 days, don‘t we? I guess I‘m finding it challenging fitting in our PBC book among the rest of the books I‘m trying to read before the end of the year. I have a few book challenges I‘m trying to finish. I‘ll get there... 7y
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BookHermit
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Forgot to post this yesterday. All the books are in the mail! Phew!

@PurpleyPumpkin You should get your book by Friday #WhatTheCanuck
@Tsubame Umm, hopefully before Christmas? #RestingBookface
@ ???? Also By Friday. Cutting it close but it is on its way! #HalloweenGoesPostal

PurpleyPumpkin That‘ll be perfect timing as I‘m planning to finish your #WhatTheCanuck pick this weekend! @ArcaneStars will probably receive it by Friday as well. 🤞🏽 (edited) 7y
BookHermit @PurpleyPumpkin Cool! I was worried I was perhaps sending it a bit early but I was determined to get all my packages out yesterday. 7y
ArcaneStars @purplePumpkin 👍 will let you know as soon as I get it - and as a compulsive reader, getting the book late Is non-issue (a good excuse to binge 😄) 7y
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Texreader
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Yikes! I shouldn't have peaked. Now I don't know if I can wait. I've "hidden" the packages amongst my stacks on my shelf. So gorgeous and @AJBowers is a great artist and the extras have made me so excited!!!

Books88 You're so sweet!! I hope you enjoy your gifts!! 7y
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Texreader
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Look what arrived in the mail today!! @AJBowers @BookishMarginalia #summersolsticesecretsanta. I'm so excited! Do I dare peak inside or are they unwrapped? I can hide it away... I think. 😁😬

Books88 They're wrapped!! I'm so glad it got to you! 7y
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Texreader
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Finally wrapped!!! To be mailed Monday I hope. #summersolsticesecretsanta

Read4life Looks great! 7y
CoffeeBooksRepeat Lovey!!! 7y
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TrishB Gorgeous paper 💗 7y
Megabooks 💜💜💜💜 7y
Redjewel_7734 💜💜💜😍😍😍 7y
tpixie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉 7y
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JodyS
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I am sorry I am late posting this. These are my #cupidgoespostal packages and I can't wait to thank whomever sent them. Excited doesn't even begin to describe how I feel 😍😍

@BookishMarginalia

BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 8y
MyNamesParadise 3 packages?!? DANG!!!!! 8y
RadicalReader @JodyS what an awesome haul you got how fantastic because of the wonderful enjoyable reading collection this spawns 8y
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PatienceFortitude

Still haven't mailed my #CupidGoesPostal package!😳I will get to it by Saturday I promise