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The Country Between Us
The Country Between Us | Carolyn Forche
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The book opens with a series of poems about El Salvador, where ForchÉ worked as a journalist and was closely involved with the political struggle in that tortured country in the late 1970's. ForchÉ's other poems also tend to be personal, immediate, and moving. Perhaps the final effect of her poetry is the image of a sensitive, brave, and engaged young woman who has made her life a journey. She has already traveled to many places, as these poems indicate, but beyond that is the sense of someone who is, in Ignazio Silone's words, coming from far and going far.
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MegCaldwell
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LOVE. After reading her memoir I knew I needed to dive into her collections and The Country Between Us is just as amazing as people say. The poems are disturbing, eerie, and romantic at times.

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Feb. 3: Colonel - "As / for the rights of anyone, tell your people they can go / fuck them- / selves." I love this poem. It spoke to me before I knew of its history, or had experience in countries like it. 16+ years after discovering it, it resonates even more. #LitsyPoetry365