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Review of James Diaz's "This Someone I Call Stranger" by Devon Balwit

April 24, 2018

While voicing anguish, Diaz’ narrators are never pitiable, nor does he allow the suffering self to wallow.

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In Poetry & Prose Tags Review, Book Review, Chapbook, Poetry, Poems, James Diaz, This Someone I Call Stranger, Devon Balwit, Indolent Books
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