The World Doesn't End

By Charles Simic,

Book cover of The World Doesn't End: A Poetry Collection

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

“One of the truly imaginative writers of our time.” —Los Angles Times Book Review

You never know what Charles Simic is up to until you reach the end of the line or the bottom of the paragraph. Waiting for you might be a…

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1 author picked The World Doesn't End as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A book with this title for an End of the World reading list? I want this one in the stack! Why? First of all, it’s poetry. Wait, it’s prose. It’s poetry and prose! I love those writers who wriggle out of the straight-jacket of the genre, and Simic’s book is just that: a mind-adventure.

I devour these little dream nuggets as if they were communion wafers. I love the way these movie-poems train the mind for the big adventure! The bardo might just be a little easier to traverse after a good read through the flash pieces in Simic’s book.  

From Douglas' list on read at the end of the world.

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