X.J. Kennedy (Author of Knock at a Star)

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X.J. Kennedy

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	Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dorothy M. Kennedy, Karen Lee Baker (Illustrations) 3.98 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1982 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Introduction to Poetry by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dana Gioia 3.91 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 1978 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dana Gioia 3.77 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2005 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bedford Reader by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron 3.69 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1985 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dorothy M Kennedy, Jane Dyer (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Interactive Edition (12th edition) by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dana Gioia 3.92 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Owlstone Crown 4.02 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bedford Guide for College Writers with Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dorothy M. Kennedy, Sylvia A. Holladay 3.42 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1993 — 307 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brief Bedford Reader by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Jane E. Aaron, Dorothy M. Kennedy 3.66 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1987 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Ninth Edition by X.J. Kennedy (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dana Gioia 4.10 avg rating — 79 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Here lies resting, out of breath,
Out of turns, Elizabeth
Whose quicksilver toes not quite
Cleared the whirring edge of night.”
― X.J. Kennedy

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“Trying their wings once more in hopeless flight: Blind moths against the wires of window screens.
Anything. Anything for a fix of light.
X. J. Kennedy, "Street Moths," The Lords of Misrule”
― X.J. Kennedy, The Lords of Misrule: Poems 1992鈥�2001

tags: addiction, street-moths

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“To leap over the wall of self, to look through another鈥檚 eyes--this is valuable experience, which literature offers.”
― X. J. Kennedy

tags: books, literature, reading

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