| Description |
viii, 89 pages ; 19 cm |
| Series |
Lannan literary selections |
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Lannan literary selection.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 87). |
| Summary |
A haunting debut that is simultaneously dreamlike and visceral, vulnerable and redemptive, and risks the painful rewards of emotional honesty. |
| Contents |
Threshold -- Telemachus -- Trojan -- Aubade with burning city -- A little closer to the edge -- Immigrant Haibun -- Always & forever -- My father writes from prison -- Headfirst -- In Newport I watch my father lay his cheek to a beached dolphin's wet back -- The gift -- Self-portrait as exit wounds -- Thanksgiving 2006 -- Homewrecker -- Of thee I sing -- Because it's summer -- Into the breach -- Anaphora as coping mechanism -- Seventh circle of earth -- On earth we're briefly gorgeous -- Eurydice -- Untitled (blue, green, and brown): oil on canvas: Mark Rothko: 1952 -- Queen under the hill -- Torso of air -- Prayer for the newly damned -- To my father/To my future son -- Deto(nation) -- Ode to masturbation -- Notebook fragments -- The smallest measure -- Daily bread -- Odysseus redux -- Logophobia -- Someday I'll love Ocean Vuong -- Devotion. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 21st century.
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01067691
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POETRY / American / Asian American.
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POETRY / LGBT.
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POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica.
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781556594953 (paperback) |
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155659495X (paperback) |
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9781556595851 (hardcover) |
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1556595859 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
40025926634 |
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