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    A Study Guide for Ai's "Reunions with a Ghost"
    A Study Guide for Ai's "Reunions with a Ghost"
    A Study Guide for Ai's "Reunions with a Ghost"
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    A Study Guide for Ai's "Reunions with a Ghost"

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    A Study Guide for Ai's "Reunions with a Ghost," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781535832052
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      A Study Guide for Ai's "Reunions with a Ghost" - Gale

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      Reunions with a Ghost

      Ai

      1991

      Introduction

      Since the publication of her first book, Cruelty, in 1973, Ai has established a reputation for writing poems that express the cruel way that people in close relationships behave toward each other. Her poems are uninhibited in their presentation of sex, death, and the darker side of human desire. Often they are narrated by troubled, anonymous speakers, sometimes poor people or those who are otherwise on the margins of society. Ai does not shrink from expressing unsavory and shocking truths; she presents the difficult emotions and destructive acts of her speakers without condemning

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