| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 57 pages) |
| Series |
May Swenson Poetry Award series |
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May Swenson Poetry Award series.
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| Contents |
Aria -- Birds -- This summer -- The beat -- The surgeon general -- That's a take -- Simile practice -- Once again I fail to read an important novel -- Happy hour -- The mastodon at the Carnegie Natural History Museum -- Janitorial -- Say my name -- Petroglyphs -- Tosca -- Vikings -- Miss December -- Blood-soaked bear turd -- Retards -- Good humor -- Haywire -- Casablanca -- Norelco -- What would Jesus do? -- Unwise purchases -- View of the city of Delft -- Anniversary -- The table -- Chinese -- She's good -- Waiting -- Museum piece -- Olympics -- Dark side of the moon -- Going to bed -- Citizen Kane -- Global warming |
| Summary |
This poet, you knew from his very first lines, didn't fall for anything phonyhis own language is irresistibly no-bullshit down to earth, even sassy ... Coming from one of the ethnic, industrial cities, his work has a gritty element. He recalls all the sorrows of a lifethe drunken father, the parents' divorce, his mother's death, his unremitting horniness, his own divorcenothing special, just what we all have to deal with one way or another |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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May Swenson Poetry Award winner, 2006 |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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American poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Poetry
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006012212 |
| ISBN |
0874215412 |
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9780874215410 |
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1283267357 |
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9781283267359 |
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9786613267351 |
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661326735X |
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087421646X |
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9780874216462 |
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9781457174704 |
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1457174707 |
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