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Poetry. Even all by themselves, the titles of Patricia Lockwood's poems reveal the sort of surreal, enigmatic, rhetorically- longated world her sensibility inhabits effortlessly.

Bella and Edward, and their family and friends, have faced countless dangers and philosophical dilemmas in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels. This book is the first to explore them, drawing on the wisdom of philosophical heavyweights to answer essential questions such as: What do the struggles of "vegetarian" vampires who control their biological urge for human blood say about free will? Are vampires morally absolved if they kill only animals and not people? From a feminist perspective, is Edward a romantic hero or is he just a stalker? Is Jacob "better" for Bella than Edward?

Com uma pitada moderna de metalinguagem, o narrador traz a história de Juca e Maria, que, na adolescência, tem um início de relação de namoro que logo esfria: Juca torna-se um mau aluno e Maria se afasta dele. Essa condição, no entanto, muda: eles crescem, Juca passa a ser estudioso e Maria, dizem, vira uma namoradeira, até casar-se com um diplomata rico e deixar o Brasil.