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Mary Ruefle

    Mary Ruefle is an American poet and essayist whose work is characterized by a keen insight into the human experience and an original linguistic style. Her poems and essays explore the complexities of existence with elegance and depth, often featuring surprising turns of phrase and unexpected imagery. Ruefle approaches writing with a profound curiosity, constantly seeking new ways to articulate the inarticulable. Her work appeals to readers who appreciate thoughtful introspection and poetic beauty.

    On Imagination
    Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
    A Little White Shadow
    My Private Property
    Trances of the Blast
    Tristimania
    • 2024

      Tristimania

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      4.3(109)Add rating

      Tristimania is Mary Ruefle’s eighth book of poems.

      Tristimania
    • 2023

      Following the acclaimed Dunce , which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle’s latest prose publication The Book . True to its bold title, The Book affirms Mary Ruefle’s legacy as (dubbed by Publishers Weekly ) “the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.”  With the same curiosity found in Madness, Rack, and Honey and My Private Property , Ruefle’s prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. “It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,” she writes. “Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?” In the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us.

      The Book
    • 2019

      Dunce

      • 104 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      A stunning new collection of poems from Mary Ruefle inviting the many readers of her prose to discover the central form of her literary imagination.

      Dunce
    • 2017

      On Imagination

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      From religion to poetry to museum exhibitions, an inquiry into imagination's manifestations by acclaimed poet Mary Ruefle.

      On Imagination
    • 2017

      My Private Property

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.2(57)Add rating

      The paperback edition of lauded poet Mary Ruefle's latest collection of exciting and vivacious prose poems, essays, and more in-between.

      My Private Property
    • 2013

      Trances of the Blast

      • 136 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.2(557)Add rating

      A much-anticipated new collection from celebrated poet Mary Ruefle--moving, authoritative, generous.

      Trances of the Blast
    • 2012
    • 2006