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An out-of-order diary that makes a point of emphasizing that it's been edited and sorted after the fact. I find it twee in places, and of course it's hard for me to identify with a successful academic in the years before Trump 1.

@mouse@bookwyrm.social I read this just a few months ago -- can't remember what spurred me to get it. I liked it a lot, although sometimes the prose gets a little too purple for my taste.

This is a very light biography of John Donne. Selections from his poetry are sparse as well, though the book is making the case its being relevant to modern readers. The approach made it much more accessible at the risk of reducing the overall impact. It still was interesting, though I would have liked more historical background than was given.