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    I just finished Anne Carson’s “Autobiography of Red” for the first time and found it very fascinating and a wonderful read.

    I’m not really sure where to go from here, but I’d love some of your fav poetry recommendations, or if any other poetry/novel hybrids exist.

    I’m mostly a fan of literary fiction, speculative or not, with themes like identity, desire, love, creativity, loneliness, philosophy, human connection, observing the small beauties in life, etc.. but I’m open to anything.

    Appreciate any suggestions, ty!!

    by scorpio-blush

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    1. The verse novel is actually kind of an old form. Aurora Leigh and Don Juan are 19th century verse novels, though they’re not at all similar to Autobiography of Red. If you’re specifically looking for a modern poetic/stylistically adventurous narrative, maybe try The Employees by Olga Ravn.

      If you’re looking for poets who are kind of similar to Anne Carson: John Ashbery, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Simic, Joyce Mansour, May Swenson.

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