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Mortal Acts, Mortal Words is a poetry collection by Galway Kinnell, published in 1980. Kinnell's work often explores the fundamental aspects of existence, particularly how civilization can obscure them. His poems delve into themes of confronting violence and mortality, the struggle against death, the experiences of the marginalized in urban settings, and the restorative forces found in love and nature. The collection is part of Kinnell's broader body of work, which earned him a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize for his Selected Poems.1

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