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Blacksnake at the Family Reunion : Poems /
David Huddle's latest collection, Blacksnake at the Family Reunion, shares intimate and amusing stories as if told by a quirky, usually reticent, great uncle. In ""Boy Story, "" a teenage romantic meeting ends abruptly when the boy's sweetheart realizes they have parked...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | David Huddle's latest collection, Blacksnake at the Family Reunion, shares intimate and amusing stories as if told by a quirky, usually reticent, great uncle. In ""Boy Story, "" a teenage romantic meeting ends abruptly when the boy's sweetheart realizes they have parked near her grandmother's grave. The poem ""Aloft"" recalls a widowed mother's indignation after she receives a marriage proposal in a hot air balloon. Haunted by the words on his older sister's tombstone -- ""born & died ... then / a single date / in November""--The speaker in one poem struggles to understand a tragic loss: "" |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (68 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780807144701 |