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		<description><![CDATA[Book of the Year: Collected Poems by W. H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson (Modern Library). This one is unavoidable. You can&#8217;t get around it. You have to go through it. 2007 was a very good year for Auden&#8217;s readers. Mendelson&#8217;s collection was welcomed with open arms on both sides of the Atlantic. Timed to [...]]]></description>
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