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A Poem by Mary Karr By Robert Hass April 12, 1998 Mary Karr's poignant, tough-talking memoir of a Texas Gulf childhood, The Liar's Club, was on bestseller lists for 60 weeks. It's probably one of the best-loved, most widely read works of literary nonfiction in this decade. Her newest book, her third book of verse, is called Viper Rum, and it's published by New Directions. Here, for Easter, is ...