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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.03 — 59,754 ratings — published 2009
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Citizen: An American Lyric Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.25 — 52,663 ratings — published 2014
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,534 ratings — published 2015
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Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 6,345 ratings — published 2004
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A Bestiary A Bestiary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 820 ratings — published 2016
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The Body: An Essay The Body: An Essay (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 559 ratings — published 2002
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The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,652 ratings — published 2001
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Plainwater: Essays and Poetry (Vintage Contemporaries) Plainwater: Essays and Poetry (Vintage Contemporaries)
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avg rating 4.25 — 3,756 ratings — published 1995
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Dictee Dictee (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,179 ratings — published 1982
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Just Us: An American Conversation Just Us: An American Conversation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 4,297 ratings — published 2020
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The Crying Book The Crying Book (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 3,883 ratings — published 2019
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Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,085 ratings — published 2000
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Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,402 ratings — published 2019
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Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 242 ratings — published
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The Faraway Nearby The Faraway Nearby (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 7,774 ratings — published 2013
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The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 106 ratings — published
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The End of Being Known: A Memoir (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies) The End of Being Known: A Memoir (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 3.52 — 27 ratings — published 2003
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Float Float (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,075 ratings — published 2016
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300 Arguments: Essays 300 Arguments: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,362 ratings — published 2017
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Calamities Calamities (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 746 ratings — published 2016
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The Book of Delights: Essays The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 20,940 ratings — published 2019
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Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 454 ratings — published 2018
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Places I've Taken My Body: Essays Places I've Taken My Body: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 781 ratings — published 2020
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Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit: Essays Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 252 ratings — published 2017
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Catechism: A Love Story Catechism: A Love Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.70 — 20 ratings — published
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Fluid States: Essays Fluid States: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.71 — 21 ratings — published
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Micrograms Micrograms (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 49 ratings — published 2016
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Ars Botanica: A Field Guide to Loss Ars Botanica: A Field Guide to Loss (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 259 ratings — published
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Book of Mutter Book of Mutter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 664 ratings — published 2017
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Rough Likeness: Essays Rough Likeness: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 131 ratings — published 2011
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On Looking: Essays On Looking: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.09 — 455 ratings — published 2006
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Garments Against Women Garments Against Women (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,549 ratings — published 2015
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Schizophrene Schizophrene (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 641 ratings — published 2011
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Humanimal: A Project for Future Children Humanimal: A Project for Future Children (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 652 ratings — published 2009
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Karmic Traces Karmic Traces (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 251 ratings — published 2000
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An Elemental Thing An Elemental Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,257 ratings — published 2007
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Bough Down Bough Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.23 — 954 ratings — published 2013
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Eros the Bittersweet Eros the Bittersweet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 7,256 ratings — published 1986
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Coming Through Slaughter (Vintage International) Coming Through Slaughter (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 3.86 — 7,086 ratings — published 1976
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Hard to Admit, Harder to Escape Hard to Admit, Harder to Escape
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 3.78 — 222 ratings — published 2007
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Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,202 ratings — published 2001
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Green-Wood (Heretical Texts, Vol. 5) Green-Wood (Heretical Texts, Vol. 5)
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avg rating 4.12 — 86 ratings — published 2010
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Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 281 ratings — published 2009
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The Portal of the Mystery of Hope The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 281 ratings — published 1911
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Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 3,036 ratings — published 2012
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Crafting the Lyric Essay: Strike a Chord Crafting the Lyric Essay: Strike a Chord (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published
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Hotel Theory Hotel Theory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 101 ratings — published 2007
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The Unforgivable and Other Writings The Unforgivable and Other Writings (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 265 ratings — published 1987
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Proxies: Essays Near Knowing Proxies: Essays Near Knowing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.24 — 465 ratings — published 2016
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Suite for Barbara Loden Suite for Barbara Loden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,715 ratings — published 2012
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Lists Tagged “Lyric Essay”

Bluets by Maggie NelsonCitizen by Claudia RankineAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonDon’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia RankineThe Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Lyric Essay and Hybrid Genre
59 books — 26 voters