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6 perfect gifts for the book lover in your life

Six perfect gift choices for the bibliophile on your gift list.

2. 'The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry,' by Rita Dove

  • By Molly Driscoll, Monitor contributor

The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry (Penguin Group, $40, 656 pp.) edited by Pulitzer Prize winner and former US Poet Laureate Rita Dove includes selections by Gwendolyn Brooks, e.e. cummings, and Terrance Hayes. "[These] are the poems I see emblazoned on pennants along the road we have just traversed," Dove writes in her introduction. For students this book is a valuable resource and for poetry lovers it's a deep pleasure.

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