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Jill alexander essbaum s publications include the fulllength collections heaven, harlot, and necropolis, and a chapbook of sonnets, oh forbidden. Essbaums debut novel, hausfrau was published march 2015 random house. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. There is much to admire in essbaums intricately constructed, meticulously composed novel, including its virtuosic intercutting of past and present.
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Aug 28, 2015 essbaum has written one of the smartest novels in recent memory. She has published several poetry collections, including heaven, which won the bakeless poetry prize, and has been anthologized in the best american poetry and the best american erotic poems. Her most recent collections are the fulllength manuscripts harlot no tell motel, 2007 and necropolis neonuma arts, 2008. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum overdrive rakuten. When the book opens, anna benz, whose story hausfrau tells, appears to be suffering from precisely the same flavour of.
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