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Average rating: 4.25 · 1,368 ratings · 179 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Ode Ode 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Box: Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets by Michael Farrell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jill Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cocky's Joy 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	open sesame 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Victoria Principle 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	a raiders guide 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Trees 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	I Love Poetry 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Googlecholia 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michael Farrell rated a book it was amazing Leonardo's Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Michael Farrell rated a book really liked it Secret Germany: Stefan George and His Circle by Robert E. Norton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
interesting, but SG himself is repellent. there did not seem to be a great case made for his poetry
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Michael Farrell rated a book really liked it Secret Germany: Stefan George and His Circle by Robert E. Norton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
interesting, but SG himself is repellent. there did not seem to be a great case made for his poetry
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Michael Farrell and 264 other people liked Karla Deniss's review of Notes to John: "I'm of the opinion that this book shouldn't exist but I don't think I'm strong enough not to read it. ** Update: I read the book, as I knew I would. And I'm still not sure what to think of it. For almost half of it I felt like there was no way Joan woul" Read more of this review »
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Michael Farrell rated a book really liked it Notes to John by Joan Didion	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
worth reading, but not good writing as such. ridiculous to compare it to her best fiction. it is very interesting, from a therapy pov, although that's partly bc the therapists seem to be unethical ...more
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