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The Uses of the Body

by Deborah Landau
Copper Canyon. Apr. 2015. 80p. ISBN 9781556594816. pap. $16. POETRY
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OrangeReviewStarAs freshly immediate as ever, award-winning poet Landau (The Last Usable Chair) reveals that "the uses of the body are manifold," moving in four sections with a roughly chronological feel from wedding parties to flabby bodies around the pool to the realization "But we already did everything"—all with an underlying sense of urgency: "Life please explain." As Landau explores her physical self and her sexuality, she's tart, witty, fluid, direct, and brutally honest, and her work can be appreciated by any reader.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Apr 15, 2015
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