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Embracing the Razor by John Upton

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April 2015, no. 370

Embracing the Razor by John Upton

Puncher & Wattmann, $25 pb, 97 pp, 9781922186621

Embracing the Razor by John Upton

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April 2015, no. 370

Writers who move in mid-career from one literary genre to another often encounter resistance. Some turfs are well guarded. They can also misapprehend the new form they are planning to join. John Upton, who for almost thirty years has been a successful playwright and screenwriter, has made the difficult move seamlessly in this first collection of poems.

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