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  • Cynthia Macdonald

    Amputations (1972), her first published volume of poetry, attracted attention with its startling imagery. Almost all the poems in the collection concern misfits who have undergone physical amputation or who feel disassociated from society. Continuing the theme of separateness and alienation, Macdonald placed the subjects…

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    Amputations (1972), her first published volume of poetry, attracted attention with its startling imagery. Almost all the poems in the collection concern misfits who have undergone physical amputation or who feel disassociated from society. Continuing the theme of separateness and alienation, Macdonald placed the subjects…

    Read More