\u003cp\u003eA book-length poem that brilliantly reinvents narrative poetry,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Diviners\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a single poem divided into five chapters, each a different decade. McDowell relates the most crucial developments in each decade spanning from the 1950s through 1990s, of the shared lives of Al, Eleanor, and their son, Tom.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Diviners\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003erecords in blank verse the family\u0026rsquo;s beginnings, their growth, their problems, their separation, and their ultimate reunion.\u0026nbsp;The events that follow the intertwined lives of the characters illustrate the endless capacity for human empathy.\u003c/p\u003e
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