Naming the Leper : Poems /

"Between 1919 and 1977, five of Christopher Lee Manes's relatives lived and died with an illness then referred to as "leprosy," now known as Hansen's Disease. Once diagnosed, each relative was forced to remain in exile at the National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana. Whil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Manes, Christopher Lee (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Leprosy > Patients.
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places.
Lepreux > Poesie.
Leprosy > Patients > Poetry.
Poesie.
Poetry.
poetry.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tall Tales Grow Limbs, My Mother Said
  • LIVING DEAD
  • The Book of Names
  • Public Law
  • This House Is Sick, Sadie Told My Mother
  • From the Grave, Lucie Orchestrates Her Memories
  • Edmond, Writing under His Carville Name Gabe Michael, in 1925
  • The Children's Letters from House 31
  • Edmond Writing to His Wife Claire
  • Gabe Michael Sees Roma's Still Life
  • Another Love
  • Gabe Michael's Canteen
  • Sadie Morgan Spencer's Story
  • After Death, Lucie Walks along the Train Tracks in St. Peter's Cemetery
  • Lucie and Claire's Agreement
  • My Grandmother Leonide on Her Parents Edmond and Claire
  • Telegram for Miss Claire Landry
  • Leonide Remembers Norbert's Funeral, 1924
  • Fragments from the Papers of Norbert and Edmond Landry
  • Remains
  • BECOMING FLESH
  • I don't know myself
  • I don't expect you to understand
  • An old fellow we are watching die
  • One man was there from the outside scared of us
  • The river situation is worse
  • The trouble with this place
  • Don't mention it
  • Authorities cannot expect us to forget
  • I'll tell you what you will not find in newspapers
  • Doctors operated on a baby yesterday
  • A terrible thing happened here last week
  • My folks have opened their eyes to the truth of the place
  • There are certain Easter dispositions I cannot sustain
  • We are two cats
  • INHERENT
  • My View
  • When I Imagine My Grandmother Leonide Waiting for Her Father, Edmond, to Return
  • My Regret
  • When Claire and Edmond's Marriage Is Mentioned at Any Holiday Celebration
  • Lessons from a Case Study I Give My Students
  • With Regards
  • Claire and Edmond's Children
  • Embedded
  • Walking in New Orleans with My Sisters
  • As Ever
  • Epigenetics
  • LIST OF RELATIONS
  • NOTES

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