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Although its legacy lies in tragedy, the voice of these brilliant poems cuts a broad swath of emotions: whether he is lamenting the potentiality of physical experience or imagining the electric temptations of sexuality, Guest offers us a worldview that is unshakable in its humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuest, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul Guest is the author of three poetry collections, \u003cem\u003eThe Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2002 New Issues Prize in Poetry; \u003cem\u003eNotes for My Body Double\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize; and \u003cem\u003eMy Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e. 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