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The Anthologist
Nicholson Baker
2009 · Simon & Schuster
PoetsFictionPoetryFiction, humorous, generalMan-woman relationships, fiction
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The Anthologist is narrated by Paul Chowder - a once-in-a-while-published kind of poet who is writing the introduction to a new anthology of poetry. He's having a hard time getting started because his career is floundering, his girlfriend Roz has recently left him, and he keeps thinking about the great poets throughout history who have suffered far worse than he has. He'd like to unveil the mysteries of metre and rhyme, but he's not sure he's the right man for the job. What unfolds is a wholly entertaining and begu…
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