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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 57,753 ratings — published 2009
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Citizen: An American Lyric Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.25 — 51,932 ratings — published 2014
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.02 — 56,432 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 4.26 — 6,225 ratings — published 2004
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A Bestiary A Bestiary (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.25 — 812 ratings — published 2016
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The Body: An Essay The Body: An Essay (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 548 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 — 8,329 ratings — published 2001
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Plainwater: Essays and Poetry Plainwater: Essays and Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 3,664 ratings — published 1995
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Dictee Dictee (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,030 ratings — published 1982
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Just Us: An American Conversation Just Us: An American Conversation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.34 — 4,232 ratings — published 2020
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The Crying Book The Crying Book (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 3,825 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 — 2,045 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 4.01 — 1,359 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 3.99 — 238 ratings — published
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The Faraway Nearby The Faraway Nearby (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 7,693 ratings — published 2013
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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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300 Arguments: Essays 300 Arguments: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,334 ratings — published 2017
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The Book of Delights: Essays The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.13 — 20,376 ratings — published 2019
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Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 3.94 — 437 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 — 766 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 4.28 — 240 ratings — published 2017
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A History of My Brief Body A History of My Brief Body (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.17 — 5,602 ratings — published 2020
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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 — 48 ratings — published 2016
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Ars Botanica Ars Botanica (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 258 ratings — published
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Book of Mutter Book of Mutter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 640 ratings — published 2017
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The Two Kinds of Decay The Two Kinds of Decay (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,516 ratings — published 2008
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Garments Against Women Garments Against Women (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,492 ratings — published 2015
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Schizophrene Schizophrene (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 616 ratings — published 2011
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Humanimal: A Project for Future Children Humanimal: A Project for Future Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.08 — 640 ratings — published 2009
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An Elemental Thing An Elemental Thing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,214 ratings — published 2007
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Bough Down Bough Down (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 947 ratings — published 2013
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Eros the Bittersweet Eros the Bittersweet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 6,725 ratings — published 1986
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Coming Through Slaughter Coming Through Slaughter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 6,998 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 — 216 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 — 2,157 ratings — published 2001
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Nox Nox (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,045 ratings — published 2010
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Green-Wood (Heretical Texts, Vol. 5) Green-Wood (Heretical Texts, Vol. 5)
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avg rating 4.13 — 84 ratings — published 2010
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Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as lyric-essay)
avg rating 4.27 — 276 ratings — published 2009
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Love Itself: In the Letter Box Love Itself: In the Letter Box (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 39 ratings — published 2005
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I and Eucalyptus I and Eucalyptus (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Distance & Direction Distance & Direction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 33 ratings — published 2001
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Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,016 ratings — published 2025
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Passage Passage (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Vessel: The shape of absent bodies Vessel: The shape of absent bodies (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.61 — 28 ratings — published
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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 14,226 ratings — published 2022
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Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3,530 ratings — published 2017
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Blind Spot Blind Spot (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 721 ratings — published 2017
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The Trayvon Generation The Trayvon Generation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 2,127 ratings — published 2022
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Bluets by Maggie NelsonCitizen by Claudia RankineDon’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia RankineAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonThe Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Lyric Essay and Hybrid Genre
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