The Opposite House : Poems /
With graceful lines swooping like a bird in flight, Claudia Emerson's newest collection explores the harsh realities of aging and the limitations of the human body, as well as the loneliness, fear, and anger that can accompany us as we live. Keenly observed and beautifully executed, these poems...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; ONE; Ephemeris; Greengrocer; House Sparrows; Clearcut; Lightning; Scarecrow at the Forks of Buffalo; Torch; Charting the Particulars; Love Bird; Darling; Linguist; Third; Induction; Entrance; TWO: EARLY ELEGIES; Headmistress; Telephone Booth; Cursive; Barber; Operator; Drive-In Movie Theater; Wisdom Teeth; Smallpox; THREE; Lock; The Opposite House; Rural Letter Carrier; Common House Sparrows at JFK's International Terminal; Practice Blood; Dr. Crawford Long, Discoverer of the First Surgical Anesthetic, and the Case of Isam Bailey; Virginia Christian; Apologue; Limb Factory
- Irene Virga SalafiaThe Ocularist; A Frontispiece; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES


