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X.J. Kennedy

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August 21, 1929

Died

January 30, 2026

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	Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry by X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Karen Lee Baker (Illustrations) 3.96 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1982 — 13 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
	An Introduction to Poetry by X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia 3.92 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1978 — 40 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
	Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems by X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane Dyer (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1992 — 4 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
	The Bedford Reader by X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron 3.70 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1985 — 131 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
	Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing by X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia 3.79 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2005 — 45 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
	Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Interactive Edition (12th edition) by X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia 3.93 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2012 — 10 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
	The Owlstone Crown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1983 — 10 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
	The Bedford Guide for College Writers with Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook by X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Sylvia A. Holladay 3.47 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1993 — 309 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
	The Brief Bedford Reader by X.J. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron, Dorothy M. Kennedy 3.65 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1987 — 95 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
	Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Ninth Edition by X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia 4.10 avg rating — 79 ratings — 5 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

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“Here lies resting, out of breath,
Out of turns, Elizabeth
Whose quicksilver toes not quite
Cleared the whirring edge of night.”
― X.J. Kennedy

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“Trying their wings once more in hopeless flight: Blind moths against the wires of window screens.
Anything. Anything for a fix of light.
X. J. Kennedy, "Street Moths," The Lords of Misrule”
― X.J. Kennedy, The Lords of Misrule: Poems 1992–2001

tags: addiction, street-moths

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“To leap over the wall of self, to look through another’s eyes--this is valuable experience, which literature offers.”
― X. J. Kennedy

tags: books, literature, reading

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